He is survived by his wife, Susie Frances Smith; five children: Clarence (Elizabeth), Frances Denise (Ronnie) both of Starkville, MS, Silas Darrell (Carolyn) of Pascagoula, MS, Roger Lee (Ina) III of Mechanicsville, MD, and Wanda Ora (Ralph) Moore of Homer Glen, IL; thirty grandchildren; and twenty-eight great-grandchildren.