- JOHNSON CITY - Helen Ruth Simerly Smith, 82, Johnson City, died Thursday, October 20, 2016, at Agape Nursing & Rehab Center, Johnson City.
Mrs. Smith was a native of Johnson City and lived in Dallas, TX from 1952 until returning to Johnson City in 1999.
She was a daughter of the late John and Ethel Woodby Simerly.
Mrs. Smith retired in 1991 after twenty-one years of service with Sun Oil Co., Dallas, where she worked as a data processor in the accounting department.
She was a member of Locust Street Church of Christ, and enjoyed reading.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by three brothers, Gordon, Donald and Ernest Simerly.
She is survived by her husband of more than sixty-six years, Billy Jack Smith; three children, Richard A. Smith and wife Sara, Castle Rock, CO, Jeffery L. Smith and wife Cindie, Peoria, AZ, and Patricia A. Smith Dickerson and husband Blair, Richmond, VA; one sister, Phyllis Kitzmiller, Monroe, NC; ten grandchildren, Tincy Crocker and husband Billy, Mabank, TX, Kristi Phillips, Eustace, TX, Jennifer Lugo, Dennison, TX, Nichollis Smith, Ft. Worth, TX, Robert Smith, Peoria, AZ, Jessica Smith, Vancouver, WA, Christian Smith, Peoria, AZ, Irish Smith, Peoria, AZ, Austin Dickerson, Richmond, VA, Brianna Dickerson, Richmond, VA; ten great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; the Eddins family, Heath, TX; several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at 2:00 P.M., from the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, with Barry Blackburn and Richard Lewis, Ministers, officiating.
Entombment will follow in Washington County Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends.
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Abt 1934 - 2016 (~ 82 years)
