Completed arrangements are being announced for Dorothy S. "Dot" Smith, 77, of South Fulton, who died Sept. 24, 2008, in the emergency room at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, with Dr. Jack Acree officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call at the funeral home 5-8 p.m. Saturday and on Sunday from 8 a.m. until the hour of services.
The family requests that memorials be made to American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate, 240 Whittington Pkwy., Louisville, KY 40222-4904.
She was born Dec. 21, 1930, in Gleason, daughter of the late Jack A. and Audie M. (Sullivan) Bowers. She was married to Ralph M. Smith Nov. 11, 1952. He survives.
She had been an elementary teacher in the Obion County School System before retiring in 1991 and had taught at South Fulton Elementary School and also at the former Welch School in Dukedom and Martin Elementary School. She had been recognized as a Distinguished Classroom Teacher of the Year and was a member of the Obion County Retired Teachers Association and the Tennessee Education Association.
She was a member of Fulton First Baptist Church.
Survivors also include her sister, Brenda Sosebee of Pine Mountain, Ga., and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Richard Bowers, William Arthur Bowers and Nicky Bowers.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, with Dr. Jack Acree officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call at the funeral home 5-8 p.m. Saturday and on Sunday from 8 a.m. until the hour of services.
The family requests that memorials be made to American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate, 240 Whittington Pkwy., Louisville, KY 40222-4904.
She was born Dec. 21, 1930, in Gleason, daughter of the late Jack A. and Audie M. (Sullivan) Bowers. She was married to Ralph M. Smith Nov. 11, 1952. He survives.
She had been an elementary teacher in the Obion County School System before retiring in 1991 and had taught at South Fulton Elementary School and also at the former Welch School in Dukedom and Martin Elementary School. She had been recognized as a Distinguished Classroom Teacher of the Year and was a member of the Obion County Retired Teachers Association and the Tennessee Education Association.
She was a member of Fulton First Baptist Church.
Survivors also include her sister, Brenda Sosebee of Pine Mountain, Ga., and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Richard Bowers, William Arthur Bowers and Nicky Bowers.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.
Completed arrangements are being announced for Dorothy S. "Dot" Smith, 77, of South Fulton, who died Sept. 24, 2008, in the emergency room at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, with Dr. Jack Acree officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call at the funeral home 5-8 p.m. Saturday and on Sunday from 8 a.m. until the hour of services.
The family requests that memorials be made to American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate, 240 Whittington Pkwy., Louisville, KY 40222-4904.
She was born Dec. 21, 1930, in Gleason, daughter of the late Jack A. and Audie M. (Sullivan) Bowers. She was married to Ralph M. Smith Nov. 11, 1952. He survives.
She had been an elementary teacher in the Obion County School System before retiring in 1991 and had taught at South Fulton Elementary School and also at the former Welch School in Dukedom and Martin Elementary School. She had been recognized as a Distinguished Classroom Teacher of the Year and was a member of the Obion County Retired Teachers Association and the Tennessee Education Association.
She was a member of Fulton First Baptist Church.
Survivors also include her sister, Brenda Sosebee of Pine Mountain, Ga., and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Richard Bowers, William Arthur Bowers and Nicky Bowers.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, with Dr. Jack Acree officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call at the funeral home 5-8 p.m. Saturday and on Sunday from 8 a.m. until the hour of services.
The family requests that memorials be made to American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate, 240 Whittington Pkwy., Louisville, KY 40222-4904.
She was born Dec. 21, 1930, in Gleason, daughter of the late Jack A. and Audie M. (Sullivan) Bowers. She was married to Ralph M. Smith Nov. 11, 1952. He survives.
She had been an elementary teacher in the Obion County School System before retiring in 1991 and had taught at South Fulton Elementary School and also at the former Welch School in Dukedom and Martin Elementary School. She had been recognized as a Distinguished Classroom Teacher of the Year and was a member of the Obion County Retired Teachers Association and the Tennessee Education Association.
She was a member of Fulton First Baptist Church.
Survivors also include her sister, Brenda Sosebee of Pine Mountain, Ga., and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Richard Bowers, William Arthur Bowers and Nicky Bowers.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.
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