Lucy Claire Smith

Lucy Claire Smith, 92 of Winder, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2023. She was a former member of Walnut Grove Methodist Church. Lucy was known for her kind words by her family and friends. They describe her as someone who extremely loved everyone and was selfless and generous. She loved to dance and was an avid square dancer; she loved reading the paper and solving search-a-word puzzles. She was a retired Line Inspector from Lithonia Lighting, where she worked for 33 years.

Lucy was preceded in death by her parents, William Curtis Saunders, Sr. and Lillie Mae Smith Saunders; her first husband and father of her children, Buck Martin; her husband, Mahlon Smith; a son, Michael Stephen Martin; a daughter, Martha Jane Martin; a sister, Mary Ann Payne and her brothers, Randolph, Billy, Roscoe, Walter and Buddy Saunders. She is survived by her son, Donnie Martin (Connie) of Rincon; her daughters, Bonnie Owens (Gene) of Covington and Karen Sutton (David) of Lawrenceville; her sisters, Beggie Coe (Tom) of Pensacola and Marie Sauls of Winder; sisters-in-law, Jane Saunders and Karla Saunders; seven grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held from 4PM until 8PM Friday, December 29, 2023 at Smith Funeral Home, Winder, GA. Funeral services will be held at 2PM Saturday, December 30, 2023 in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home, with Pastor Robbie Clark officiating. Interment will follow in Barrow Memorial Gardens. Donations may be made in Lucy’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.