Beatrice Cleghorn Smith

Beatrice Cleghorn Smith obituary

Beatrice Cleghorn Smith

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Beatrice Smith Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Funeral Home and Cemetery on Feb. 23, 2026.
Funeral service for Beatrice Cleghorn Smith, age 94 of Hokes Bluff, will be 4:00 PM Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Funeral Home with Rev. Rickey Smith officiating the services. Burial will follow at Hokes Bluff Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 3:00 PM until time of service Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Smith passed away February 21, 2026 at Cherokee County Health and Rehab. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cresful Smith, son, Kevin Smith, parents, Nick and Louise Cleghorn, sister, Nickie Cleghorn.

Left to cherish the memories of Beatrice are her sister, Betty Chapman, daughters, Lorrie (Dave) Vice and Wendy Hall, daughter-in-law, Paula Smith, granddaughters, Abigail Hall, and Desiree' (Joey) Raper and sons, grandsons, Brian (Misty) Robbins and Micah (Carrie) Robbins and their families, nieces and nephews and their families, special dear friend, Teresa St. John.

Beatrice was born in Sylacauga. She moved to the Hokes Bluff area during her senior year of High School. It was there that she met the love of her life, Cresful Smith, to whom she was married for almost 65 years.

She was a member of the Hokes Bluff Methodist Church and the Dewey Ryan Sunday School Class. Bea assisted with the scholarships for students from the church. She also participated in Quilting Squares sewing outreach.

Her tenure at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company ended when Lorrie was born. She began her employment with the Etowah County Board of Education as a substitute teacher. She served as a Title 1 instructional aide at Hokes Bluff High School and retired as the office assistant and registrar at Hokes Bluff Middle School, in 1993.

She and Cresful loved traveling with family and friends. They traveled to forty-nine of the fifty states, and touched soil from all fifty states with brief journeys into Canada and Mexico. They also enjoyed life at Weiss Lake, where family and friends were treated to food, fun, and fellowship.

Gardening was special to Bea. She canned the heirloom Cleghorn green beans that she and Cresful raised. Her homemade salsa and vegetable soup were enjoyed by many lucky recipients. Rooting rose bushes and shrubs came easy to her.

She was fiercely proud of her family. She offered support spiced with much advice, but blanketed with love. She will be deeply missed by those who knew and loved her.

The family request no flowers. Memorials may be made to the Hokes Bluff Methodist Church.

The family would like to offer special thanks to Cherokee County Health and Rehab Center, especially station 2 staff for their loving care. The support of Southern Care New Beacon Hospice is also appreciated.

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Dear Lorrie, Wendy and families,

Jeff and I are so sorry to hear of Bea´s passing and wanted to let you know your family is in our thoughts and prayers. Memories of Bea and Cresful are forever cherished by all who were blessed to know them. We were especially blessed to call them neighbors and they still rank as the all time best neighbors and friends ever

With much love and sympathy

Jeff and Kathy Handley

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Glencoe – Hokes Bluff Funeral Home

1901 Piedmont Cutoff Highway, Glencoe, AL 35905

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Feb

25

Funeral service

4:00 p.m.

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1901 Piedmont Cutoff Highway, Glencoe, AL 35905

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