Graveside services for Brenda Joy Yeager Smith will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 31, 2018 at Kilpatrick Serenity Gardens under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Pastor Ottis Lenoir will officiate.Brenda was born July 15, 1947 and passed away on December 27, 2018 in Monroe, LA. She was co-owner of Diamond S Construction Company and also in her later years worked at the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council as an administrative assistant/grants officer. She was a loving mother and grandmother, “MeMe”.Brenda was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Kate Breanne Downey; parents, Olen and Hazel Yeager; uncles, Gary Brooks, Sam Yeager and wife, Hilda, Keith Yeager and wife Helen, Orvin Yeager; aunts, Orell Fuller, Viola SisterAnders, Geneva Yeager, Jitz Austin.Brenda is survived by her daughters, Amanda Downey and husband Keith of McKinney, Texas, Vanessa Weaks and husband Len of Winnsboro, Louisiana; three grandchildren, Ella Hope Downey, Gavin Weaks, and Lexi Weaks; uncle, Calton Yeager and wife Martha; many other nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.The family wishes to thank the staff at Ouachita Health Care for their care of our mother.