Laura Leigh Smith Darley

We regret to announce the death of Laura Leigh Smith Darley. Services for Mrs. Darley will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, February 14, 2025, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home, Bainbridge, Georgia. The Rev. Ritchie Vaughn will officiate. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memory Gardens. Cody Philyaw, Dane Philyaw, Victor Smith, Clint Smith, Sherwin Smith, and Teddy Smith will serve as pallbearers.

Laura Leigh Smith was born December 7, 1991, in Bainbridge, Georgia to Bobby Allen Smith and Tonya Jeanine Weaver Sallas. Laura Leigh was so easy to get along with, a people person, very outgoing and friendly. She loved animals and children and had hoped to work as a child advocate. She so loved her family, especially Jesse and Jayden, and was a wonderful mother for her “Tunky”. Laura Leigh was happy to work in the Shiloh Community. She loved the people there and they loved her. We are all heartbroken by her death and Laura Leigh will be deeply missed.

Laura Leigh Smith Darley is survived by her husband, Jesse Doss Darley; son. Jayden Darley (Tunky); father, Bobby Allen Smith; brother, Jacob Smith; grandparents, Carolyn Gail and Bobby Joe Smith; stepfather, Todd Sallas; and a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her mother, Tonya Sallas, maternal grandparents, Emerson B. and Jo-Ann Anderson Weaver, and uncle, Ben Weaver.

On-line condolences may be sent at www.Coxiveyfuneralhome.com. Cox-Ivey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.