Funeral services for Ricky Austin Smith will be Thursday, Jan. 26,at Greater Grove Street M. B. Church at 11 a.m. with the Rev. James C. Archer officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery under the direction of W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

There will be a visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home Wednesday.

Rickey Austin Smith passed away on Jan. 19, 2017. He was 22. He was employed by Cappaert Manufactured Homes.

He is survived by his father, Tyrone Deidrick Smith of Raleigh, N.C.; his mother, Elaina Flores Gomez of Rio Hondo, Texas; his brothers, Nicholas Dimer Dedrick of Raleigh, N.C., Larry West Jr. and Samuel Flores, both of Rio Hondo, Texas, and LaFaine Mixon of Vicksburg; his sisters, Laura Pilgrim, Kori Smith and Cyan Smith, all of Raleigh, N.C., Jalisa West and Myya West of Vicksburg, and Samantha Flores of Rio Hondo, Texas; his maternal grandparents Cosme Gomez of Kilgore, Texas and Tina Gomez of Vicksburg, and Gustavo Gomez of Mexico; his paternal grandfather, Charles E. Smith Jr.; and grandmothers, Gloria Smith and Michelle B. Smith, all of Vicksburg.