Rosetta “Lynn” Lillian Davis Smith passed away on October 24, 2019 at the Crossing and Clarity Hospice in Baton Rouge, LA, at the age of 83. Plans for a memorial Service are incomplete at this time. If you would like to honor her, please make a donation in her name to St. Jude Hospital. Lynn was born October 7, 1936 in Birmingham, England to the late Arthur and Lea (Hill) Davis. Upon graduating she was awarded a scholarship to Oxford. Lynn never completed her education at Oxford but started raising a family. She immigrated to the U. S. in 1958 with her Air Force husband and two young sons, Mark and Anthony. She lived mostly in California until she met her present husband of 57 years, Clifton E. Smith, and they moved to Chalmette, LA. She lived and worked there for the next forty years. Lynn attended LPN nursing school in New Orleans and worked many years at Dr. Bertucci’s St. Bernard Hospital. Lynn and her husband moved to Baton Rouge in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina flooded their home in Chalmette. She was happy to be near family here but felt a great loss of her home and friends, especially her good friend, Martha Burnham of New Orleans. Lynn was preceded in death by her parents; brothers - Arthur Jr., Reggie, Richard (Danny); sisters - Rene Lines, and Dot Graham; son, Anthony (Tony) Smith; great-grandson, Michael Smith; nephew, Louis Hastings; brother-in-law, Don Smith; and sister-in-law, Joy Edison. Lynn is survived by her husband, Clifton E. Smith; son, Mark D. Smith (Nicole) of Baton Rouge; brother, Steve Davis of England; grandsons - Jeremy Smith (Michelle) of Denham Springs, Jarrod Smith of CA, David Smith of England; step-grandchildren - Jerry Moore III, Amanda Moore (Jamie), and Amber Nielsen (Jeramie); granddaughter, Nicole Smith of Huntsville, AL; great-granddaughters, Arielle Smith of Aurora, CO, Brianne Smith, Jade Smith, Destiny Smith; grandsons, Bryce Smith, Blayze Smith all of Denham Springs; brother-inlaw, Lonnie C. Smith of Sarepta, LA; nephews, Danny Smith (Rhonda) of TX, Neil Hastings (Nancy) of NJ, Richard Davis Jr., Derek Lines, Steve Lines, and Matthew Tout, all of England; nieces, Tonya Butner (Sam) of TX, Linda Tout (John) Julie Hastings, Jane Wilding, Susan Lines all of England, Allison Clough of NJ, Ashley Hastings of CA.
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