Rosa Smith

Rosa P. Smith EDENTON - Rosa Polston Smith, 91, of the 100 block of Shoshone Trail, died Thursday, June 18, 2009, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Marlboro County, South Carolina, and was the daughter of the late John Merritt and Nellie Medlin Polston. A retired purchasing agent from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, she was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church and its Senior Bible Study Group, the Arrowhead L.O.V.E. Group, the Chowan Ruritan Club, the Finding Fitness Exercise Class, and Edenton Chapter No. 302, the Order of the Eastern Star. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Frederick Smith Jr.; a sister, Helen P. Dail; and brothers, J.M., Howard and James Polston. Surviving are two daughters, Margie Smith Robinson and husband Joe of Childress, Texas, and Judy Smith Waters and husband Bill of Gum Spring, Va.; a son, retired U.S. Army Col. Bill Smith and wife Karen of Edenton; two sisters, Margaret P. (Ikey) Townsend of Chesapeake and Edna P. Jessup of Duck; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Rocky Hock Baptist Church by Dr. James Horton and Pastor Kenneth Wallace. Graveside services will be Monday at 11 a.m. in Olive Branch Cemetery in Portsmouth. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, Edenton, and all other times at the residence. Memorial contributions may be made to Bandon Chapel Church, 200 Bandon Road or Rocky Hock Baptist Church, 113 Rocky Hock Church Road, both in Edenton, NC 27932 or to one's favorite charity. To offer online condolences to the family you may visit www.millerfhc.com.