Marie Stubenrauch Smith

Marie Stubenrauch Smith, 79, passed away Thursday morning, April 8, 2010 at Britthaven of Madison. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, April 10, at St. Joseph of the Hills Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Stoneville City Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born April 4, 1931 in Bamberg, Germany, daughter of the late, Karl and Margaret Rauch Stubenrauch. She was a member of St. Joseph of the Hills Catholic Church. She was a charter member of the Beaver Island Homemakers Club for 30 years, and voted Mother of the Year in 1984 by the Rockingham County Homemakers Extension Club. Surviving are her three sons, Everett "Elvis" "Mope" Smith and wife, Cynthia of Mayodan, John "Phillip" Smith and wife, Bonnie of Mayodan, and Glenn Merritt Smith and wife, Cindy of Thomasville; sisters, Rosi Seuling and Christl Groh, both of Bamberg, Germany; five grandchildren, Jason Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Jennifer Smith, Patrick Smith and wife, Jessica, and Austin Smith; four great-grandchildren, Triton and Claxton Smith, Sierra and Kenzie Smith; and two nieces, Elke Warren of Modesto, CA, and Sabine Wingard of Nashville, TN. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elvis "Red" Merritt Smith. The family will receive friends Friday evening, 7 - 9 PM at Fair Funeral Home and other times at the home, 245 Orchard Road in Mayodan. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, C/O Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27103 Online condolences may be offered to the Smith family at www.fairfuneralhome.com