She was a 1969 graduate of Ware Shoals High School and a 1972 graduate of Lander University. She faithfully served at Self Regional Healthcare for 26 years as a Registered Nurse. She was a member of the Ware Shoals First Presbyterian Church where she was an Elder and a former member of the session. She was a former member of the Board of Directors of the Ware Shoals Catfish Feastival, a member of the Ware Shoals School Alumni Association, a long time volunteer of the Greenwood Soup Kitchen Ministry, and a member of the Evening Shade Book Club of the Ware Shoals Community Library.

She is survived by her daughter, Janet Jackson Smothers (John), a granddaughter “the love of my life” Grace Anne Jackson, a close friend, George Rush, beloved cousins and a host of friends.

Memorial services will be held at Ware Shoals First Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 3 PM. Honorary escorts will be Michael Walker, Wally Ramar, Bennett Medlin, Gregg Harrell, Margaret Bagwell, Debbie Strawhorn Cottingim, Terri Golden Cheek, and Debbie Latham Bass, current and former members of the session of the Ware Shoals First Presbyterian Church, Officers of the Ware Shoals School District Alumni Association, The Catfish Feastival Board of Directors, and the Thursday volunteers of The Greenwood Soup Kitchen Ministry, Inc.

The family will receive friends and celebrate her life from 4-5 PM in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to Ware Shoals First Presbyterian Church  P O Box 542 Ware Shoals SC  29692, Greenwood Soup Kitchen Ministry Attn: Norm Fawcett 929 Phoenix St. Greenwood, SC  29646 and Ware Shoals Community Library Attn: Melissa Crenshaw 54 S. Greenwood Ave., Ware Shoals SC  29692.

The family would like to offer a special thanks to Dr. O. M. Cobb, the entire staff and residents of Morningside Assisted Living Home, and Hospice of the Piedmont for both their professional and loving care. Online condolences may be made at www.ParkerWhitePruitt.com