Treva H. Smith's Obituary
Mrs. Treva H. Smith, 93, a loving mother, grandmother and loyal friend, of Tuckaseegee Road, Kannapolis, died Saturday, December 19, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Midway United Methodist Church. The Rev. Dave Cash will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times, they will be at the home of a son, Larry Smith, 7010 Drakestone Road, Kannapolis.
Born July 9, 1916 in Plainville, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. Kettery and Harriet Chestnut Kettery. Mrs. Smith formerly worked as a teacher's assistant and secretary at George W. Marks Elementary School in DeLand, Florida, where she was loved by students and teachers alike. She was a member of Midway United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Smith volunteered at Five Oaks Manor. She had a gift for remembering birthdays and anniversaries by telephoning family members and friends on their special day. She loved the outdoors and had a passion for mowing grass.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Homer Smith, whom she married August 21, 1951; two daughters, Norma Sidebottom and Mary Susan Smith; and two brothers, Alvis Kettery and Herschel Kettery.
Survivors include a daughter, Janice Hagmeier and husband, Kenneth, of Phoenix, AZ; three sons, Billy Gene Smith and wife, Margie, of Fort Wayne, IN, Larry C. Smith of Kannapolis and R. H. Smith II of Cumming, Georgia; 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to Midway United Methodist Church, 108 Bethpage Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or The Gideons International, PO Box 52, Kannapolis, NC 28082.
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