Ed Smith III was born November 14, 1964 in Shelby, Mississippi to the late Ruby Mae Smith and Ed Smith Jr. Ed III was the fifth child born out of eight children. He departed this life on May 25, 2013 at 9:55 a.m. at his home. Ed Smith III confers his life to Christ as a child at White Plain M.B. Church under the leadership of the late Rev. Winfield. St. John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am there ye may be also.