Daily Post Athenian
January 1, 2015
Mildred Armstrong Smith, 104, of Athens, died at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 30, 2014, at NHC of Athens.
She was a native of Knoxville and she moved to Athens with her parents following her graduation from the Old Young High School in Knoxville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Aaron Park and Odessa Ford Armstrong, and was also preceded in death by her husband, W. Ralph Smith; and a son, James M. "Jimdy" Smith.
She was a member of The First Baptist Church of Athens, where for many years she counted the church's offerings. She was a graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College. In her early business career she served as a deputy clerk in the Clerk and Master's Office in the McMinn County Courthouse, taught in the McMinn County and Athens City School Systems, before entering the banking profession at 1st National Bank where she helped establish the Bank's Trust Department and later at Athens Federal Savings and Loan (Athens Federal Community Bank), where she retired. She was a member of the Athens Browning Circle, and was very active in the Meals on Wheels program.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Jerry E. and Shirley H. Smith of Athens; three granddaughters, Anne H. Smith of Atlanta, Leslie S. Kinkead and her husband, Barry, of Woodstock, Ga., and Ellen S. Pac of Sparks, Md.; one grandson, David A. Smith and his wife, Mary, of Athens; three great-granddaughters, Cassidy Evans, Holly Evans and Brittany Corum; two great-grandsons, Zachary Smith and Luke Brooks; two nephews, Don A. Smith of Grinnell, Iowa, and Ron B. Sherrill of Riceville; and a special cousin, Kathryn Ford Smith of Sebring, Fla.
A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home with Dr. Jason Clark officiating.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. The committal service for the family will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
The family wishes to express their appreciation to the Staff of NHC of Athens for their loving care of Mildred for the past four years.
The family suggests memorials be made to Tennessee Wesleyan College, 204 E. College St., Athens, TN 37303; or to a charity of the giver's choice.
Smith Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Athens is serving the family of Mildred Armstrong Smith.
January 1, 2015
Mildred Armstrong Smith, 104, of Athens, died at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 30, 2014, at NHC of Athens.
She was a native of Knoxville and she moved to Athens with her parents following her graduation from the Old Young High School in Knoxville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Aaron Park and Odessa Ford Armstrong, and was also preceded in death by her husband, W. Ralph Smith; and a son, James M. "Jimdy" Smith.
She was a member of The First Baptist Church of Athens, where for many years she counted the church's offerings. She was a graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College. In her early business career she served as a deputy clerk in the Clerk and Master's Office in the McMinn County Courthouse, taught in the McMinn County and Athens City School Systems, before entering the banking profession at 1st National Bank where she helped establish the Bank's Trust Department and later at Athens Federal Savings and Loan (Athens Federal Community Bank), where she retired. She was a member of the Athens Browning Circle, and was very active in the Meals on Wheels program.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Jerry E. and Shirley H. Smith of Athens; three granddaughters, Anne H. Smith of Atlanta, Leslie S. Kinkead and her husband, Barry, of Woodstock, Ga., and Ellen S. Pac of Sparks, Md.; one grandson, David A. Smith and his wife, Mary, of Athens; three great-granddaughters, Cassidy Evans, Holly Evans and Brittany Corum; two great-grandsons, Zachary Smith and Luke Brooks; two nephews, Don A. Smith of Grinnell, Iowa, and Ron B. Sherrill of Riceville; and a special cousin, Kathryn Ford Smith of Sebring, Fla.
A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home with Dr. Jason Clark officiating.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. The committal service for the family will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
The family wishes to express their appreciation to the Staff of NHC of Athens for their loving care of Mildred for the past four years.
The family suggests memorials be made to Tennessee Wesleyan College, 204 E. College St., Athens, TN 37303; or to a charity of the giver's choice.
Smith Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Athens is serving the family of Mildred Armstrong Smith.
Daily Post Athenian
January 1, 2015
Mildred Armstrong Smith, 104, of Athens, died at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 30, 2014, at NHC of Athens.
She was a native of Knoxville and she moved to Athens with her parents following her graduation from the Old Young High School in Knoxville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Aaron Park and Odessa Ford Armstrong, and was also preceded in death by her husband, W. Ralph Smith; and a son, James M. "Jimdy" Smith.
She was a member of The First Baptist Church of Athens, where for many years she counted the church's offerings. She was a graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College. In her early business career she served as a deputy clerk in the Clerk and Master's Office in the McMinn County Courthouse, taught in the McMinn County and Athens City School Systems, before entering the banking profession at 1st National Bank where she helped establish the Bank's Trust Department and later at Athens Federal Savings and Loan (Athens Federal Community Bank), where she retired. She was a member of the Athens Browning Circle, and was very active in the Meals on Wheels program.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Jerry E. and Shirley H. Smith of Athens; three granddaughters, Anne H. Smith of Atlanta, Leslie S. Kinkead and her husband, Barry, of Woodstock, Ga., and Ellen S. Pac of Sparks, Md.; one grandson, David A. Smith and his wife, Mary, of Athens; three great-granddaughters, Cassidy Evans, Holly Evans and Brittany Corum; two great-grandsons, Zachary Smith and Luke Brooks; two nephews, Don A. Smith of Grinnell, Iowa, and Ron B. Sherrill of Riceville; and a special cousin, Kathryn Ford Smith of Sebring, Fla.
A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home with Dr. Jason Clark officiating.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. The committal service for the family will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
The family wishes to express their appreciation to the Staff of NHC of Athens for their loving care of Mildred for the past four years.
The family suggests memorials be made to Tennessee Wesleyan College, 204 E. College St., Athens, TN 37303; or to a charity of the giver's choice.
Smith Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Athens is serving the family of Mildred Armstrong Smith.
January 1, 2015
Mildred Armstrong Smith, 104, of Athens, died at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 30, 2014, at NHC of Athens.
She was a native of Knoxville and she moved to Athens with her parents following her graduation from the Old Young High School in Knoxville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Aaron Park and Odessa Ford Armstrong, and was also preceded in death by her husband, W. Ralph Smith; and a son, James M. "Jimdy" Smith.
She was a member of The First Baptist Church of Athens, where for many years she counted the church's offerings. She was a graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College. In her early business career she served as a deputy clerk in the Clerk and Master's Office in the McMinn County Courthouse, taught in the McMinn County and Athens City School Systems, before entering the banking profession at 1st National Bank where she helped establish the Bank's Trust Department and later at Athens Federal Savings and Loan (Athens Federal Community Bank), where she retired. She was a member of the Athens Browning Circle, and was very active in the Meals on Wheels program.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Jerry E. and Shirley H. Smith of Athens; three granddaughters, Anne H. Smith of Atlanta, Leslie S. Kinkead and her husband, Barry, of Woodstock, Ga., and Ellen S. Pac of Sparks, Md.; one grandson, David A. Smith and his wife, Mary, of Athens; three great-granddaughters, Cassidy Evans, Holly Evans and Brittany Corum; two great-grandsons, Zachary Smith and Luke Brooks; two nephews, Don A. Smith of Grinnell, Iowa, and Ron B. Sherrill of Riceville; and a special cousin, Kathryn Ford Smith of Sebring, Fla.
A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home with Dr. Jason Clark officiating.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home prior to the service. The committal service for the family will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
The family wishes to express their appreciation to the Staff of NHC of Athens for their loving care of Mildred for the past four years.
The family suggests memorials be made to Tennessee Wesleyan College, 204 E. College St., Athens, TN 37303; or to a charity of the giver's choice.
Smith Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Athens is serving the family of Mildred Armstrong Smith.
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