Dorothy Smith

Dorothy Hope Robertson Smith, 89, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late William and Martha Robertson of Matoaca. She was preceded in death by a sister, Fannie Robertson Bradley, and two brothers, Calvin Robertson and Harold Robertson. She is survived by a sister, Winnie Robertson Wilson, of St. Charles, Missouri, and by her two sons, Reuel Lhamon Smith III of Bloomington, Indiana, and Donald Robertson Smith of Knoxville, Tennessee. She was born on April 19, 1920 in Matoaca, and grew up on Halloway Ave. She worked at Camp Lee in the early 1940's, and there she met her late husband, Reuel L. Smith Jr. of Kingsport, Tennessee. During her long life, she lived in Knoxville, Tennessee; Reading, Ohio; Kingsport, Tennessee, and for the last twenty-five years, here in Petersburg. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 24, 2010 at Matoaca United Methodist Church, 6301 River Road, Matoaca. The family may be contacted by calling 812-391-9369. Cards and condolences can be sent in care of Reuel Smith, 3011 E. Amy Lane, Bloomington, IN, 47408. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Children's Ministry of Matoaca United Methodist Church. The family would like to thank the staff at both Battlefield Park Convalescent Center and at Southside Regional Medical Center for the compassionate care that she received over the past several years. Her sons, her relatives and her friends will all miss her. Arrangements by the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard.