Betty Lorette Houston Smith

MRS. BETTY SMITH Mrs. Betty Lorette Houston Smith, 84, of Sevierville, TN, died peacefully, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at her home. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 18, at the graveside in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville, with the Reverend Max McCord officiating. The family will receive friends at the graveside prior to and following the service. Mrs. Smith was born was born May 7, 1926, in Troup County, daughter of the late Pete and Annie Lou McWaters Houston. A former resident of Hogansville, where she was employed as a lab technician at Uniroyal, Inc., she had lived in the Sevierville area since 1982, where she was a member of Boyd's Creek Baptist Church. Betty loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and prayed continually each and every day. She had a passionate love for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren as they will forever have for her. Survivors include her daughter, Dixie Smith of Sevierville, TN; sons and daughter in-law, Charlie Smith of Pigeon Forge, TN and Jim and Jennifer Smith of Sevierville, TN; daughter in-law, Sherry Smith of Sevierville, TN; grandchildren, Charlie Bob Smith, Will Smith, Pete Smith, Kellie Ann Douglass, Kristi Smith Stott, Duncan Smith, LouAnna Smith, and Georgia Smith; great-grandchildren, Mason Stott, Cooper Douglass, Harrison Smith, Maddox Stott, Ella Grace Smith, McCoy Linn Smith, and Dixie Grace Douglass; and her loyal and loving caregiver of five years, Cathy McCullers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William A. (Bill) Smith; her son, Dr. William A. (Billy) Smith, Jr.; and her twin sister, Freddy Houston Kirkland. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home of Hogansville is in charge of arrangements. Visitation: the family will receive friends at the graveside prior to and following the service Services: 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 18th, at the graveside in Myrtle Hill Cemetery Interment: Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville