Mrs. Sybil Smith Tankersley, 85, wife of the late Melvin Tankersley of Tankersley Road, entered into rest on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Doctor's Hospital in Augusta.

Funeral service were held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 24, at Double Branches Baptist Church with Revs. Keith Etheridge and Ficklen Guin officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Tankersley was a native of Oglethorpe County and the daughter of the late William Bailey and Lady Mae Thomas Smith. She was a homemaker, a member of Double Branches Baptist Church and Women on Mission.

Mrs. Tankersley was also preceded in death by her daughter, Edith Tankersley.

Survivors include three daughters, Brenda Tankersley Cockrell and husband, Wayman of Kennesaw, Ga., Glenda Tankersley Newell and husband, Richard of Stone Mountain, Ga. and Marilyn Tankersley of Lincolnton; one brother, Earnest Morris Smith of Comer, Ga.; two grandchildren, Terra Ann Casper and Kevin Cockrell; three great-grandchildren, Savannah Grace Casper, Peyton Cockrell and Mason Cockrell; and caregiver and friend, Cathy Elder.

Serving as pallbearers were Andy Ford, James R. Neal, Brian Tankersley, Carl Tankersley, Stan Tankersley and Wayne Tankersley.

Memorial contributions may be made to Double Branches Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, in care of Mr. Stanton Tankersley, 4458 Double Branches Rd. Lincolnton, GA. 30817.

You may sign the family's online guestbook at www.reesfuneralhome. com. Rees Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.