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Bryce Matthew Smith WRENS, Ga. - On January 13, 2006, one of Jesus' very special little lambs, Bryce Matthew Smith, 3, went to Heaven to become the sweetest little angel of all. After fighting a life time of heart disease, the last three months he has suffered this battle with his last breath and Friday morning he won his race. Jesus said, "Bryce, come and take my hand. Let us walk on the clouds, dance and sing. Forget all your pains ('boo boos'). Smile, laugh and rejoice. Come and walk with me - my Heaven is waiting for you to see." Bryce always did light up a room wherever he went and now Heaven is brighter because Bryce is there, shining with the wonderful joy that he has inside him. Survivors are his parents, Randy and Marcia Smith, Wrens; brother, Jamie "Bubba" Smith, Wrens; grandparents, Garvin and Edith Usry, Wrens, Myron Smith, Wrens; uncles and aunts, James and Audrey Usry, Mundelein, Ill., Phil and Arlene Usry, Wrens, Brian and Angel Usry, Wrens, Marty and Evonne Smith, Hull, Ga., Darlene and Tony Holcomb, Clearwater, Fla., James and Belinda Smith, Dearing; cousins, special friends and MCG Children's Medical Center Family. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Shelby Jean Smith. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Wrens Baptist Church with Dr. Don Widener and Rev. James ‘Jim' Dunn officiating. Burial followed at Wrens Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Dr. Anthony Pearson-Shaver, Dr. James St. Louis, Dr. William Lutin, Dr. Reginald Pilcher. Honorary pallbearers were the Medical Staff of MCG Children's Medical Center. Memorials may be made to MCG Children's Medical Center or Children's Heart Program and mail to: MCG Foundation, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912. James Funeral Home, Wrens, was in charge of arrangements. Web posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006