Atty. Cecily Pearson Smith

The Celebration of Life Service for Atty. Smith will be live streamed on the Facebook Page of Fisher Memorial Funeral Parlor.

FACE MASKS ARE REQUIRED!!!

Cecily Pearson Smith, affectionately called “C.P.” by close friends, transitioned on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at her home in Durham, NC. 

Cecily was born, the older of two children, to Mrs. Cynthia Pearson Smith and George Booth Smith. She attended Durham public schools, graduating from Hillside High School in the class of 1962. 

Upon completion of high school, Cecily enrolled in Indiana University, from which she graduated in 1966 earning a BS in Business Administration. In 1973 she enrolled in the North Carolina Central University School of Law and graduated in1975. Following a period of private practice, Attorney Smith joined the Durham County District Attorney’s Office in 1980 and continued in that office until 1989 when she became the first person to hold the office of Legal Adviser to the Sheriff’s Office. She retired in 2006 after receiving a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in 2005. 

She is survived by her loving siblings; brother, George Booth “BB” Smith, half sister, Bonnie Harper, and half brother, George Lamont Kithcart; several nieces and nephews, her caring and loving friend, Marie Shaw Simmons and a host of other relatives and friends. 

A special “thank you” is extended to Continued Care, Inc., Home Care Agency and to Ms. Michelle Stone, Cecily’s very patient, capable and wonderful caretaker for the last year. 

Thank you also to “Chris” Fisher for his life long affection and care for Cecily. 

At Cecily’s request, there will be no public viewing. 

A Memorial service will be held at a time to be determined. 

May “flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”.

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