RUTH SMITH

We regret to announce the passing of Mrs. Ruth Smith, age 87, of Donalsonville, GA who passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at Miller County Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 9, 2010, at 3:00 PM at Springfield Baptist Church in Jakin with Rev. Fred Odom officiating. Interment will follow at Friendship Cemetery in Donalsonville, GA. Visitation will be held from1:00-3:00 PM at Springfield Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was born in Donalsonville, GA on August 10, 1922 to the late H.K."Doc" and Effie Donahough Sheffield. She graduated from Seminole County High School in 1938. Mrs. Smith attended Springfield Baptist Church where she was a member of the Ruth Sunday School Class and was a homemaker, enjoying quilting, working in her flowers, and being with family and friends. She leaves to cherish her memory a son, Larry Smith of Donalsonville, GA; three daughters, Marilyn Sowell and her husband Doug of Columbia, AL, Helen Turner and her husband Buck of Ozark, AL, and Karen Kimbrel and her husband Billy of Colquitt, GA. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Teri Ward Ashley, Tucker Smith, Tracy Smith, Chad Higginbotham and his wife Becky, Amy Hume and her husband Bruce, Suzanne Erp and her husband Jackson, and Desiree Haselden and her husband Mike as well as seven great grandchildren, Tyler Smith, Quint Hume, Karson Erp, Morgan Erp, Luke Erp, Emma Haselden, and Acea Haselden. She is also survived by two special nieces, Rita S. Bowen and her husband George of Donalsonville, GA and Joann Davis of Auburndale, FL, as well as numerous other nieces and nephews.. She was preceded in death by her parents, H.K."Doc" and Effie Donahough Sheffield; her husband of 68 years, A.W. Smith; a son, Greg Smith; a granddaughter, DeeDee Smith; two brothers, Hurbert Sheffield and Tom Sheffield; and two sisters, Lillie Mae Odom and Nell Brown. Active casketbearers will be Chad Higginbotham, Jeff Smith, Ronnie Shiver, Don Hand, Ronald Bruner, Rusty Bradley, and Tracy Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Ruth Sunday School Class of Springfield Baptist Church. Evans-Skipper Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.