Obituary for
Violet Elizabeth Smith
Services:
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 10:30 AM in St. George Catholic Church, Valley Lee, MD with Msgr. Karl Chimiak officiating. Interment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton, MD.
Visitation:
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said by Deacon George L'Hreaux at 7:00 PM.
Violet Elizabeth “Vi” Smith, 90, of Duluth, GA formerly of Tall Timbers, MD died December 2, 2007 in Duluth, GA. Born July 19, 1917 in Great Mills, MD she was the daughter of the late Wathon Cleveland and Cora Elizabeth Owens Potter. She was preceded in death by her husband Merril Paul Smith on October 17, 1973 in Washington, DC and whom she married in 1943 in Washington, DC. She is survived by her daughter Mary JoAnn Nichols of Montgomery, AL; siblings: Lawrence Potter of Ridge, MD and Frances Potter of Hughesville, MD; granddaughter: Deborah A. Jones of Duluth, GA; and her husband Bradley of Duluth, GA and great grandchildren: Anna Katherine and Burke Hamilton Jones both of Duluth, GA. She was also preceded in death by her siblings: Blondell Hammett, Cleveland Potter, Rosalie Ledonne, Mevril Potter and Calvin Potter. Mrs. Smith moved from St. Mary’s County to Duluth, GA in 2003. She graduated from Great Mills High School Class of 1935. She worked as a Divisional Manager for C&P AT&T Telephone Companies in Washington, DC for 30 years until her retirement in 1975. She enjoyed gardening, boating, reading, going to church, spending time with family and friends. She worked for many years at St. George Catholic Church after her retirement. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where Prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 10:30 AM in St. George Catholic Church with Msgr. Karl Chimiak officiating. Interment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Suitland, MD.
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