Hester E. Smith

Mrs. Hester Eliza Smith, of 15066 Comans Well Road, Stony Creek, Va., departed this life on Sunday, Nov. 22, 200,9 at the Golden Living Center-Battlefield Park, Petersburg, VA.

She was born in Stony Creek, Va., to the late Phillip and Annie Chambliss on July 12, 1924. She attended Sussex County Public Schools and later married James Ernest Smith Sr. on April 3, 1947. Mrs. Smith was baptized at an early age at Hunting Quarter Baptist Church in Stony Creek, where she remained a faithful and dutiful member until her health declined. During her working years, she was employed as a domestic worker for various employers. She also worked in food service at Central State Hospital, but the majority of her time was spent as a homemaker. She was a loving mother to all of her family and an inspiration to the many lives she touched. She had a warm spirit, a giving and loving heart, and never asking anything in return. She also loved to joke around and have a good time with her friends and family.

She leaves to cherish her memory her beloved husband, James Smith Sr.; six daughters, Jane Speed of Jarratt, Va., Virginia Worthy, Reather Mason and Carolyn Smith, all of Stony Creek, Va., Annie Caison of Chesterfield, Va., and Roma Jones of Waverly, Va.; three sons, James Smith Jr. (Camilla) and Russell Smith (Angela), both of Petersburg, Va., and Phillip Smith (Blanche) of Stony Creek, Va.; one sister, Maggie C. Westbrook of Yale, Va.; one brother: Lewis Chambliss of Richmond, Va.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Kathleen Smith of Stony Creek, Va.; 16 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and three stepgreat-grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Only a Mom Can make things right when things go wrong

Only a Mom Is never too busy to have the time for you

Only a Mom Can know you as well as you know yourself

Only a Mom Could care, share, and love so very much.

We thank God for a loving mother for so many years. We will miss you.

Lovingly, The Children

The funeral services for Mrs. Hester Smith will be at noon on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, at Hunting Quarter Baptist Church, Stony Creek, Va.; the Rev. Carroll Robb, pastor; Elder Melvin Taylor eulogizing. Interment to follow in the Fields family cemetery, Stony Creek, Va. The family and friends are asked to assemble at the home of Mrs. Smith to proceed to church by 10 a.m. These funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Jones-Peace Funeral Service, 13013 Park Ave., Stony Creek, Va.