Mary Inez Smith

Funeral services for Mary Inez Smith, 79 of Whittier, North Carolina, formally of Thomasville will be held at 2PM, Saturday, May 14, 2016 at East Side Baptist Church. Rev. J. Tim Robson and Dr. Ed Kilgore to officiate and interment will follow at Roselawn Cemetery. Mrs. Smith went home to be with the Lord on May 10, 2016 in Sylva, North Carolina. She was a member of East Side Baptist Church in Thomasville, Georgia, where she helped in many areas and served as Nursery Director for several years. She attended Acquoni Baptist Chapel in Cherokee, North Carolina, while living with her daughter, Penny. She worked at Zesto’s Drive-in for seventeen years, and Dogwood Gifts baskets and Florist for eleven years. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Edward Atkinson and Mary Jane Odom, brothers, Johnny Atkinson and Eddie Atkinson, father of her children, Dale Richard Smith and sons, Edward Michael Floyd and Timothy Stephen Smith. She is survived by her children, John (Diana) Smith of Tucson, Arizona, Janet (Robert) Knight of Thomasville, Georgia and Penny (Victor) Betts of Whittier, North Carolina, 8 grandchildren – Penny (Kenny) Glass of Moultrie, Georgia, John Smith of Tucson, Arizona, Heather (Dilawar) Rodrigues of Thomasville, Georgia, Julie Smith of Tucson, Arizona, Denise Dukes of Putney, Georgia, Heidi Smith of Tucson, Arizona, Daniel Betts of Tucson, Arizona, and Tanner Betts of Whittier, North Carolina and 7 Great-Grandchildren – Nicole and Nicholas Glass, Meredith and Jayden Rodrigues, R.J., Pearson and Isabella Dukes, several nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends on Friday 6pm-8pm at Allen & Allen Funeral Home.