Cheryl Ann Simpkins Smith, age 68 of Bremen, passed away on Monday, November 8, 2021. She was born on March 30, 1953 in Atlanta to the late Robert Darrell Simpkins, Sr. and Georgia Williams Simpkins Burks. Besides her father she is preceded in death by her husband, Grady "Sonny" Abner Smith, Jr.; son Tony Bridges, Jr., and two grandsons, Hunter and Austin Atkins.

Cheryl has been in law enforcement most of her life, serving in Douglas County for 25 years and 9 years for Haralson County Sheriffs Office as an investigator.

Survivors include her mother, Georgia Williams Simpkins Burks of Bremen; two daughters and sons-in-law, Terri Lynn and Todd Atkins of Bremen and Kerri Jo Masich and John "Jake" Jones of Lake City, FL; one sister, Jane Mayfield Clarke of Douglasville; one brother and sister-in-law, Robert Darrell Simpkins, Jr., and A.C. Simpkins of Douglasville; eight grandchildren, Lexi Atkins, Logan Atkins, Ellie Grace Atkins, Tony Atkins, Maddox Masich, Nevaeh Jones, Shine Jones and Jovi Jones and several other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, November 12, 2021 at 1:00 PM with Reverend Alton Stamey and Reverend Donnie Mapp officiating. A song will sung by Lexi Atkins. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park with the following serving as pallbearers: Logan Atkins, Tony Atkins, Maddox Masich, Todd Atkins, John Jones, Timothy Bridges and Tony Bridges.

The family will receive friends on Friday at the funeral home from 12:00 Noon until the service hour.

Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan is honored to serve the Smith family.