Mr. Nigel Colden Smith, 45, of Lillington passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2017. He was born in Lee County, the son of Nigel Jesse and Linda Faye Cobb Smith. Nigel was a graduate of Western Harnett High School where he played on the football team. He passed along his love of football to his sons and loved to watch them play. Nigel was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing with his two sons. He was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Lane McDonald; maternal grandparents, Cortez and Louise Morrison.

Nigel is survived by his wife, Raegina Smith of Timberlake; 2 sons, Nigel Gray Smith and Dustin James Smith both of Lillington; mother, Linda Faye Smith of Lillington; father, Nigel Jesse Smith of Lewisburg, TN; paternal grandparents, Gerald and Christine Mims of Columbia, TN; sister, Tammy Jones of Sanford; brother, Brian Edward Smith of Sanford and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

The family will receive friends at O'Quinn-Peebles-Phillips Funeral Home Sunday, September 17, 2017 from 3:00-5:00 PM and other times at the home of Linda Faye Smith.