Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Phyllis Michelle Smith, 64, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton. She was born September 13, 1958 in Omaha, Neb. She had lived in Florida before coming to Tennessee 34 years ago.
Phyllis was a graduate of Melbourne High School, Melbourne, Fla. She loved puzzle books and in earlier years enjoyed camping, going to the lake and going to the beach.
She was preceded in death by her father, Jack Sheppard Hardison, and a son, Kyle Clifton Smith.
Survivors include her husband of 38 years, Danny Smith; one daughter, Sheana Daniele Smith (Kayla Griffin), Elizabethton; four grandchildren, Tristan Wilson, Blakely Smith, Kaylee Smith and Malakhi Shaver; her mother, Joyce Hardison, Stokes, N.C.; her twin brother, Phillip Hardison, Stokes, N.C.; a sister, Carol Sciarrino and husband Joe, Stokes, N.C.; a brother-in-law, Charlie Smith; and two special friends, David McCants and Chelsi Belcher.
A memorial service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday, August 26, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastor Dennis Wilson officiating. The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service. The family would like to express a special thank you to the staff of NHC and Life Care Center of Elizabethton, especially Jessica Townsend, Jessica Reece and Jordyn Keefauzer. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website, www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Smith family.