OBITUARY

Carol Malcom Smith, age 83, of Monroe, passed away on September 29, 2026. Mrs. Smith was born in Social Circle, Georgia, on May 21, 1943, to the late Hilliard Malcom and the late Nellie Malcom. She was preceded in death by her husband Bobby Smith, her daughter Tracy Smith, and her brother Garyel Malcom. 

Carol is survived by her daughter Tara Preston (Ben Preston), her son Todd Smith (Vincent Skreba), her grandchildren Tanner and Marlee Preston, Tori and Joe McDaniel, Tess and J.D. Duvall, Tate Preston, and Camron Smith, and her great-grandchildren Ella James Preston, Briggs McDaniel and Baylor McDaniel, and her Jack Russell, Max. 

A visitation will be held on Monday, October 5, 2026, from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm at Meadows Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on the same day in the Chapel of Meadows Funeral Home, with Pastor JoJo Leach and Pastor Tommy Fountain officiating. Interment will follow at Westlawn Cemetery in Monroe, Georgia. 

Meadows Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of arrangements.