Smith, Ruth Naomi Grady

Passed: 2015-05-29

Age: 99

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2015-06-02

Information: Ruth Naomi Smith of Racine, OH, passed away at her home.  She was born December 29, 1915, in Ripley, WV, a daughter of the late Aaron M. and Mary B. (Dusky) Grady.  Her husband, Benjamin Harrison Smith; sons, Jimmy Smith, Carroll Smith and Eugene Smith; brothers, Dwaine Grady, Harold Grady, Dwight Grady, and sisters, Rachel Knight, Emma Scarberry, Wanda Powell, Betty Reed and an infant sister, Juanita Grady also preceded her in death.  She was a homemaker and a Protestant.  Survivors include her sons, Scottie Smith of Chester, OH, Kenny Smith of Mount Alto, WV, and Curtis Smith of Jane Lew, WV; daughters, Mary Weedo of Ormond Beach, FL., Connie Stinson of Frankfort, OH, and Penny Elam of Racine, OH; brothers, Clark Wayne Grady of Lafayette, IN., Blaine Grady of Portland OR, and Walter Grady of Athens, AL.; sisters Luda Arnott of Mount Dora, FL., and Mary Fontain of Spencer, WV, and 95 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.  Burial was in Letart Falls Cemetery, Letart Falls, OH.