May 27, 2018
80 year old Sarah Ponzell Usrey of the Belk Community passed away Thursday at her residence. She was retired from Genesco. Usrey was a member of the New Union The Baptist Church and the Smithville Business and Professional Women’s Club. The funeral service will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Interment will be in the New Union Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 2 p.m. Mrs. Usrey was preceded in death by her husband, Arzie Usrey; and her parents, Brackett and Nadene Luna. Survivors include two daughters, Deana and Jack Green of Smithville and Cindy and Myron Rhody of Dowelltown; one son, Rickey and Daphanee Usrey of Centertown; six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren; one brother, Harold and Linda Luna of Smithville; and one sister Louise Wright of Smithville. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. In addition to flowers, donations may be made in memory of Mrs. Usrey to the DeKalb County Relay for Life, the New Union The Baptist Church, or to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.