Bernice Smith

Bernice R. Jenkins Smith, age 94, of Gastonia, NC, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Alexandria Place in Gastonia.
Bernice was born June 6, 1917 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Martin Ramsey and Anna Robbins Ramsey. She loved being a homemaker and also worked in textiles and the restaurant business. She was a devoted Christian and a member of New Heights Baptist Church of Dallas, NC. She enjoyed gardening, canning, doing yard work, flowers and taking care of her family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two husbands, Will Jenkins and George Smith; one son, Jacky Yarbrough and six brothers and sisters.
Survivors include three daughters, Virginia Ann Jenkins Digh and husband, Jack of Lincolnton, NC, Shelby Jean Jenkins Gear of Gastonia, Yvonne 'Midge' Jenkins Snow of Dallas, NC; two sons, J.W. Jenkins and wife Carolyn of Dublin, GA and Hubert 'Butch' Jenkins, Sr. and wife, Eva of Gastonia; two sisters, Geneva Chapman, Kathleen Hayes and one brother, Paul Ramsey. She is also survived by nineteen grandchildren, thirty-eight great grandchildren and twenty-four great-great grandchildren.