Dorothy Marie Smith, 79, of Greenville, Texas died Monday, September 5, 2016 at Legend Healthcare in Greenville. A memorial service will be at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Greenville Bible Church under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home in Greenville, Texas. Rev. Jim Corbet will officiate.
Mrs. Smith was born September 28, 1936 in Knob Noster, Missouri. Dorothy was the daughter of the late Annie Miardex Lane and Harry Carl Lane. Elementary and secondary school were completed in Knob Noster, Missouri. Mrs. Smith began her nursing career at Kansas City General Hospital in 1953. She graduated from the nursing program in 1956 and acquired her BSN at West Texas A & M University in 1976.
While she and her husband Ed raised three sons, Dorothy continued her nursing career in Albuquerque, NM. (Presbyterian Hospital) and Amarillo, TX (High Plans Baptist, WTSU and Baptist St. Anthonys). Mrs. Smith retired after forty five years in nursing. She and her husband moved to Greenville, TX in 2007 after 38 years in Amarillo.
Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her parents and sister Bessie Anita Lane. She is survived by her husband, Edward Jenkins Smith, Jr. of Prairie Village, Kansas whom she married on June 27, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri. She is also survived by their three sons and their families: Edward Jenkins Smith, III and granddaughter Chelsey Le Wynn Smith of Fayetteville, NC; Bradley Frank Smith and wife Karen of Greenville, TX and grandson Shayne Avary Smith of San Jose, CA; Randal Montgomery Smith and wife Donna and grandson Jared Patrick Smith of Fernandina Beach, FL. Other survivors are brothers Harry Lester Lane and wife Alice and John Merrit Lane, Knob Noster, MO; sister Joyce Ann Lane Dixon and husband Monty of Springfield, MO; nieces Margaret Ann Lane Charrette and husband Tom of Knob Noster, Mo; Tracy Dixon Patton and husband Rick of Springfield, MO; Gayle Dixon Garrison and husband Jerry and their sons Josiah and Tyrel of Russellville, MO.
The family requests memorials be made to Greenville Bible Church, 8315 Roy Warren Pkwy, Greenville, TX 75402 or National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson St., Denver, CO 80206.