HELEN VIRGINIA SMITH

Grandma Smith....while not bound by blood, she was more than the word grandma implies. As a young man there are a few people that contributed to making me who I am today and she was one of them (along with Richard Powers), it almost feels as though I've lost two limbs...I will still be able to get around but it will be a struggle.

Your Grandson

Sis. Smith will be sorely missed. Such a faithful, positive person who truly loved Jehovah, her family, and people. I enjoyed the "talks" we had. So glad I took the time to get to know her.

Sharee, Desaree and family, you are all in my prayers.

I would see Helen when she would sometimes come into the store I worked at as a teen. She always had a big smile and a kind word. I would admire her new jewelry and we would talk. One day I mentioned that I noticed her last couple of pieces had been green. She told me honey, Jehovah saw fit to cover the whole earth with green, its my favorite color. To this day I still think of her with a smile when I see a big green ring.

Spending alot of my childhood on Ellen Ave. I have way too many memories to print here. In fact I don't know where to begin. What comes to mind first is how Aunt Helen painted eveything, floors,countertops, just everything! Nothing looked the same from yeaar to year. There's also the weekends we went "alley-rattin'". What a hoot, we had soo much fun. Aunt Helen was a happy person, almost always smiling. And she made the best french apple pie in the world. Not even Paula Deen could match that...

May 19,2010

I will miss her calling me "kid". She was so much fun to be with. I remember last year after the memorial going to her apartment and we all sat around her while she read all her favorite little sayings to us out of a book she had compiled. She had us all laughing! Oh how she loved Jehovah and would talk about him to every one she met. One thing I know for sure, she is in his memory, he never forgets his righteous ones. Soon Jesus will fullfill his his role as "the...