Velma E. Smith
May 22, 1924 ~ July 1, 2013
Velma E. Staples Smith, 89, Glasgow, died Monday, July 1, 2013, at Greenwood Nursing & Rehab Center in Bowling Green. A native of Barren County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Cora Ann Shader Staples. She was a retired employee of Ky. Pants Co. and a member of the Coral Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include four children: Tony Smith and wife Kristi of Colorado; Jon Richardson and wife Nikki, and Jennifer Richardson Atwood all of Glasgow; Michelle Puckett of Bowling Green; 8 grandchildren: Andy Richardson, Brooklyn Richardson, Ryan Meadow, Andrea Meadow, Nick Meadow, Kristina Garr, Kari Reed, and Toni Lynn Pavlovick; one sister: Doris Warf of Hiseville; several great grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Rev. Ernest M. Smith; one daughter: Brenda Joyce Smith Puckett; two sisters: Frances Garner and Mary Lee Groce; three brothers: J. P. Staples, Earl Thomas Staples, and Rev. Richard Staples.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Happy Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
My deepest sympathy to Tony & the rest of the Smith family. She was a great Christian lady who inspired many people. May the family take comfort in the fact that she is now in heaven and has no more pain and suffering. God bless all of you.
I have many wonderful memories of “Ma” at Coral Hill Baptist Church. What a wonderful Christian lady, who enjoyed worshipping her Lord and Savior more than anyone I’ve ever known. She always sung with a smile on her face and I can her shouting as we sung “I Want to Know More About My Lord” and “That Heavenly Home.” She is in the presence of the Lord today, and I’m thankful to have known her. Prayers are with the family, and her church family!