Mrs. Annie Ruth Smith, 86, of Shelby passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2012. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late William Clinton Jarvis Hawkins & Vida Hughes Hawkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, O. C. Smith; brothers, Ray Hawkins & Boyce Hawkins; sisters, Aileen Patterson & Nell Turner and great greatnephew, Jordin Hamrick.
Ann was retired from Belks where she was a retail clerk and was a member of Double Springs Baptist Church where she enjoyed singing in the choir and in the Singing Christmas Tree. She loved shopping for clothes & jewelry and buying things for all of her family.
She is survived by a brother, Archie Ralph Hawkins of High Point;
a sister, Selma Hawkins Bridges & husband, Otha of Shelby nephew, Wayne Bridges & wife, Debbie of Shelby; niece, Edith Ann Deaton & husband, Robert of Shelby; great nephew, Jeremy Bridges & wife, Laura & their son, Jake of Shelby; great nieces, Anna Hamrick & her son, Jacob of Boiling Springs, Ashley Kee & husband, David & their son, Carter of Shelby and a nephew, Matthew Deaton of Shelby as well as numerous other nieces & nephews.
Service: Cleveland Funeral Services Chapel, Tuesday, June 18th at 11:00 a.m. with
the Rev. Thomas Steagald officiating. Visitation will follow the service
Burial: Sunset Cemetery
Memorials: Shelby Manor, 1176 Wyke Rd., Shelby, NC 28150 or Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150
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