Lubbock – Graveside services for Mary Jo Smith, 79, formerly of Lorenzo, will be at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 25, at the Lorenzo Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Lorenzo. She died Sunday, June 22, 2014, in Lubbock. She was born June 2, 1935, in Lubbock, Texas, to Edward Simmons Smith and Maudie Smith. She graduated from Lorenzo High School in 1952. She graduated from Texas Tech in 1956, and on May 24, 1956, married Bobby Gene Smith in Lorenzo. He died in 2004. She was a former member of Lorenzo First United Methodist Church. She served as a teacher at Lorenzo ISD from 1956-57 and from 1968-1994. After retirement from teaching, she served as the librarian for the Lorenzo Branch of the Crosby County Library until 2007. She moved to Cottage Village in Lubbock in 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and a brother, Ronald C. Smith. Survivors include two daughters and their husbands; Sydney and Joey Nichols of Petersburg and Stacy and Jeff Rothenberger of Brentwood, Tennessee; a son and his wife, Todd and Carrie Smith of Robinson, Texas; a brother, Edward S. Smith of Lubbock; eight grandchildren, Jody and wife Leigh Ann Nichols of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, J'Rae and husband Javier Pineda of Shallowater, Taylor and Paige Nichols of Petersburg, Travis and Alyse Rothenberger of Brentwood, Tenn., and Trent and Tanner Smith of Robinson; and three great grandchildren, Jackson, Mason, and Karis Nichols of Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Tuesday at Adams Funeral Home in Lorenzo. The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer's Association. Online condolences can be made at www.adamsfuneral.com.


Published by Adams Funeral Home on June 23, 2014