Graveside services were held Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 at Wheeler Cemetery in Bassfield, for Baby Cornelius Xavier Smith, one month, who died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at his residence. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

He is survived by: father, Cruz Ross of Bassfield; mother, Evlylean Herring of Bassfield; maternal grandmother, Barbara Herring of Bassfield; paternal grandmother, Penny White of Memphis, Tennessee; paternal great-grandmother, Francis White of Bassfield; brothers, Khalyee Bournes of Brandon and Cruz Ross Jr. of Bassfield and sister, Khaiden Bournes of Brandon.