Virginia Lee Smith, 85, of Stanaford, WV, passed away Friday, October 16, 2009 in Tega Cay, SC. Born March 10, 1924 in Lanark, WV, she was the daughter of the late Homer and Bessie Hanks Richmond. Virginia was a homemaker and a member of the Stanaford Missionary Baptist Church. She was a lifetime resident of Raleigh County. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Alexander Cooper Smith in 2006.
Survivors include her son, Bill (Butch) Smith and his wife Becky of Flat Top Lake, daughters; Kathryn Hawley and her husband Sherman of Tega Cay, SC, Margaret Blackburn and her husband Steve of Beckley, grandchildren; Dr. Ashlee Smith of Morgantown, WV, Steven Alex Blackburn and wife Tonya of Bridgeport, WV, David Lee Blackburn of FL, Kaitlyn Shrader and husband Dennis of Crab Orchard, Michael Thomas Blackburn of Beckley, Crista Parra and husband Taio, Cara Hawley and Amanda Hawley all of Tega Cay, SC, great-grandchildren: Cassandra , Tyler, Lindsey, Mackenzi, Alex and Haley Blackburn.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 2009 in the Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Phillip Lilly officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to service on Sunday.
On line condolences may be left at www.calfeefh.com
Memorial contributions may be made to the Stanaford Missionary Baptist Church.
Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home, Beckley.