Mrs. Dorothy (Ballard) Smith

December 22, 1925 - March 4, 2017

Mrs. Dorothy Mae Ballard Smith, age 91 of Aragon passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017. Mrs. Smith was born December 22, 1925 in Bartow County, daughter of the late Bryan Ballard and the late Ioma Popham Ballard. She was a member of the Aragon Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith had previously worked at the Rockmart-Aragon Hospital, the Goodyear Mill and retired from Inner Harbor in 1992. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas W. Smith on November 13, 2001; sister, Evelyn Ballard Fitzpatrick; four brothers, Clyde Ballard, Robert Ballard, Howell Ballard, and Bill Ballard; a granddaughter, Sonia Sprayberry; a great-granddaughter, Brittni Dawn Sprayberry; and a daughter-in-law, Patsy Smith. Survivors include two daughters, Freida Gay Womack and her husband Jerry of Bowdon and Donna R. West and her husband Jack of Milledgeville; four sons, Rev. Phillip W. Smith and his wife Bonnie of Laurel, Mississippi, Thomas A. Smith and his wife Brenda of Rome, Leslie D. Smith of Rome and Timothy W. Smith of Atlanta; two sisters, Wilma Ingram of Dallas and Ina Meers of Rome; eight grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and six great- great- grandchildren also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Smith will be held on Wednesday, March 8th at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Rev. Calvin Brown officiating. A eulogy will be given by her son, Rev. Phillip W. Smith. Interment services will follow in the family lot of Rockmart Memorial Gardens. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Bryan Smith, Brad Smith, Jason Brinkley, Adam Brinkley, Dustin Womack, and Mike Ballard. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, March 7th between the hours of 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Mae Ballard Smith.