Mrs. Claudia Thompson

Mrs. Claudia Childress Thompson-Smith, 73, wife of James W. Smith, transitioned Thursday, November 5, 2026, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was a daughter of the late Claude and Catherine Sullivan Childress.

Surviving, in addition to her husband: one daughter, Linda “Shun” Thompson of Simpsonville, SC; two sons, Darrell (Denise) Thompson of Mauldin, SC and William Tyrone Smith of Mauldin, SC; four sisters, Carolyn Jones , Atlanta, GA, Kathy (Curtis) Jenkins of Piedmont, SC, Carleen Arnold Greenville, SC, and Nikita (Clarence) Backum of Greenville, SC; one brother, Kenneth Childress of Greenville, SC; six grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral Services: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 2:00pm at Rocky Creek Missionary Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery.