Ruby Smart

Ruby C. Smart, age 94, of Henrietta, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby.
Ruby was born on April 27, 1915 in Rutherford County to the late Sam J. Crawley and Ola Padgett Crawley. Besides being a wonderful homemaker, she worked as a salesperson and retired as a nursing assistant from Greene's Nursing Center. She was the oldest living member of Haynes Memorial Baptist Church where she faithfully served as a Sunday School Teacher for years and a member of the WMU. She was also a volunteer bible class teacher at the Senior Citizen Center and served in helping take blood pressure readings. She will be known as a devoted friend, wife, mother and grandmother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Addie Smart and by two sisters, Mary Crawley and Hazel Kiser.
Survivors include one son, Joe Smart and his wife, Peggy, of Ft. Worth, TX; two daughters, Peggy Alley of Forest City and Suzanne Cranford and her husband, Jeff, of Charlottesville, VA; five grandchildren, Joann Parker and her husband, Brad, of Weatherford, TX, Kathy Baker and her husband, Darryl, of Ponder, TX, Marcus Alley of Forest City, Anna Whitcomb and her husband, Lee, of Waynesboro, VA and William Cranford of Charlottesville; eight great grandchildren, Kyle Williams of Weatherford, Samuel Whitcomb, Eli Whitcomb and Catherine Whitcomb all of Waynesboro, VA, Justin Silvers and his wife, Jennifer, of Cliffside, Adri Berry and Brandon of Cliffside, Timothy Berry, and Hayden Oliver also of Cliffside, and one great great-granddaughter, Kaydence. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews and dedicated friends.