Deacon Robert Lee Smalls Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Deacon Robert Lee Smalls in Powhatan, Virginia, who passed away on August 16, 2023, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Deacon Robert Lee Smalls to show support.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Luther Smalls and Katherine Lawrence Smalls; his siblings, Almetta Smalls, Nathaniel Smalls and Michael Jones; and his sister-in-law Lueveneary Strickland.
He is survived by: his wife Linda T. Smalls; his daughter Anne Morris-Anderson; his siblings, Luther Smalls (Doris), Georgia Robinson, Margie Smalls, Kathleen Smalls, William Smalls (Vita) and Bernard Smalls (Estille); his aunts, Adelle Simmons (James) and Gracie Lawrence Makins; his parents-in-law, Mary Scruggs, Faurice Taliaferro (Barbara), George Taliaferro (Theresa), Willie Taliaferro (Georgianna), Beulah Smalls and Henry Murray; his friends, Carlton Gray, Deacon Alexander Jackson, Kenneth Scott (Chicco) and William Brown (Cuffy); his close friends, Anthony Hembrick (family: Ceasar, Emma Lewis), Charlie, Charlene Williams, Earl, Helen Hobson, Roger, Tracy Hobson, Joey, Audrey Mayo, Micheal, Gail Harriston, Lisa Thompson, Winfred Taylor, Chris and Linda Langhorn; and his friend Faurice Taliaferro. He is also survived by 18 Grandchildren and 26 Great-Grandchildren, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and nephews, and great-grand nieces and nephews, and cousins.
