Funeral service 2:00PM Sunday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Carlton Gerrell of TVCC officiating, burial will follow at Olive Branch Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are Bobby Smith, Gilbert Hastings, Dale Hastings, Larry Hastings, Ricky Salazar, Cory Smith, Paul Smith and Jared Smith, honorary pallbearers are Bill Smith, Thomas Eugene Smith, Jr. and Travis Smith. Visitation 12:00 - 2:00PM Sunday prior to the service. He is survived by his mother: Evelyn Hastings, Paris; wife Pauline Lang Smith, Hermitage, TN; daughters: Tiffany (Ralph) Turco, Las Vegas, NV, Lacy (Jeremy) Sanford, Las Vegas, NV, Diane (Tony) Holland, Camden, TN; sons: Travis Smith, Nashville, TN, Thomas Eugene (Gina) Smith, Jr., Camden, TN; step-sons: Jesse Dotson, Nashville, TN, Nathan Dotson, Nashville, TN; sisters: Helen (Graziano) Gandini, Las Vegas, NV, Dorothy Lindsey, Chicago, IL; brothers: Bill Smith, Paris, TN, Bobby (Vicki) Smith, Paris, TN, Gilbert (Delores) Hastings, Camden, TN, Dale (Pam) Hastings, Paris, TN, Larry (Beverly) Hastings, Camden, TN, George Hastings, Bruceton, TN; grandchildren: twenty; great-grandchildren: fourteen. Preceded by his father: James E. Smith; sister: Mary Sue Payne and a brother: David Hastings. Gene was a master carper layer.