{"id":13678,"date":"2025-04-03T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/?p=13678"},"modified":"2025-04-11T07:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:39:06","slug":"smith-brenda-gayle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/smith-brenda-gayle\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith, Brenda Gayle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tabs__panel__header obit-and-service__header\">\n<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary\">\n<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary__text\">\n<div class=\"obituary edit-container\">\n<div class=\"obituary-text edit\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Brenda Gayle Powers Smith, of Manchester, Tennessee, passed away on April 1, 2025, at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 64 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Brenda was born on June 24, 1960, in Waverly, Tennessee, to the late James Oliver and Mildred Gracie Berryman Powers. She was raised in Centerville and was a graduate of the Hickman County High School Class of 1978. For many years, she worked as a drafter at Meriwether Lewis Electric Company, where she was known for her dedication and skill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Brenda is survived by her loving husband, Scott Smith; her daughter, Gracie (Derek) Hartzell of Spring Hill, Tennessee; and her son, Willie Smith of Bradyville, Tennessee. She was also a proud grandmother to Jameson Smith, Elijah Smith, and Cameron Hartzell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Brenda&#8217;s family and friends will remember her for her warmth, kindness, and the loving presence she brought to those around her. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"obituary__section\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"obituary__section\">\n<div class=\"obituary__section__content\">\n<div class=\"location-block\">\n<div class=\"location-block__body location-block__body--flex\">\n<div class=\"location-block__content\">\n<div class=\"location-block__address\">\n<p class=\"notranslate\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Visitation with the family will be 5 April 2025 from 12:00 &#8211; 1:00 PM at McDonald Funeral Home &#8211; Hickman County.\u00a0 Funeral Services will be held 5 April 2025 at 1:00 PM at McDonald Funeral Home &#8211; Hickman County with burial to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Centerville, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brenda Gayle Powers Smith, of Manchester, Tennessee, passed away on April 1, 2025, at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 64 years. Brenda was born on June 24, 1960, in Waverly, Tennessee, to the late James Oliver and Mildred Gracie Berryman Powers. She was raised in Centerville and was a graduate of the Hickman County High&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/smith-brenda-gayle\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2611,247],"tags":[2550,6979,1212,343],"class_list":["post-13678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lewiscountyherald","category-mcdonaldfuneralhome","tag-berryman","tag-hartzell","tag-powers","tag-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}