Mary Esther Smith
Mary Esther Smith, 72, of Banner Elk
passed away on Feb.19, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center.
A
native of Avery County, she was born Feb. 9, 1941, a daughter of the
late Marion and Annie Mae Harmon Horney.
She was a member of Elk
Valley Baptist Church where she sung in the choir. She also attended
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School
Teacher.
Smith enjoyed reading, word puzzles, flower gardening and
listening to Blue Grass Gospel music.
Along with her parents,
Smith was preceded in death by her husbands, Earl Buchanan and Albert
Smith; sister, Lucille Smith; brothers, John and Joe Horney.
Smith
has left to cherish her memory her daughter, Deborah Lynn Christian
of Banner Elk; sisters, Wilma Blankenship of Gastonia, Hazel Douthat
and husband, David, of Greenville, Tenn., Gladys Farmer and husband,
Allen, of Banner Elk; brothers, Dennis Horney and wife, Janice,
Dallas Horney and wife, Kitty, Jimmy Horney and wife, Kathy, all of
Banner Elk; grandchildren, Heather Nichole Christian and boyfriend,
Joey Kidd, of Minneapolis; grandson, Michael Christian and
girlfriend, Hannah Walters, of Minneapolis; special friend, Angie
Miller; sister-in-law, Inez Horney of Banner Elk.
The family
will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may
be made to: Elk Valley Baptist Church at PO Box 626 Banner Elk, NC
28604.
Words of comfort and memories may be shared with the family
and viewed at http://www.rsfh.net.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home
of Newland is serving the Smith family.
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