- Mrs. Rita Marilyn Smith, 88, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. She was a daughter of the late John Edward and Jeanne Marie LeSchairre Wild and was born in Ponchatoula, La. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Crawford Alexander Smith; a daughter, Sherry Bowling; three sisters, Orris Caldwell, Norma Goudeau and Yvonne Saltzman; one brother, John Wild.
Mrs. Smith was a devout Catholic and homemaker. She loved to garden and can vegetables and she also enjoyed quilting.
Those left to cherish her memory include two sons, Crawford Alexander Smith, Jr. and his wife, Bobbi, Jacksonville, Florida, Edward Earl Smith and his wife, Susan, Elizabethton; Two daughters, Donna Marie Page and her husband, Harry, Elizabethton, Vickie Smith and a special friend, Carla Hardin, Elizabethton; seven grandchildren: Heather Tester, Kevin Bowling, Carrie Rogers, Tammy Arrwood, Brian Smith, LaDonna Page and Harry page; two step grandchildren Lisa Sutton and Christie Davis; eleven great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to honor the life of Mrs. Rita Marilyn Smith will be conducted on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Peace, Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton with Rev. Steve Burleson, officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday prior to the service.
The graveside service and interment will be conducted on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the Caldwell Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Brian Smith, Kevin Bowling, Little Harry Page, Robert Pierce, Eric Tester, Buddy Bowers and Lee Long. Honorary pallbearers will be John Pierce, Larry Bowling, Chris Long, David Long, Chris Estep, Mike Nidiffer and Harry Page.
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