Lois Carol Smith passes away

Barbara Fleming Marsh, Class of 1947, who lives in Thousand Oaks, California, sent me this email with sad news about a Monongah High grad:

John, 

On a sad note, we lost another classmate from the Class of 1947.  Lois Carol Smith passed away June 27, 2014.   She would have been 85 on July 2, 2014.  She was also a graduate of Monongah Elementary School and the Drum Majorette during the 1946-47 year.  She is being buried in Myrtle Beach, where she lived most of her adult life.

Barbara Fleming Marsh, Class of 1947

If you have memories of Lois Carol Smith, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll put them in this Monongah High Alumni blog.

Lois’ obituary:

Lois Carol Smith

Myrtle Beach, SC

Lois Carol Smith 84, passed away Friday, June 27, 2014, at her daughter's home in Charlotte, NC following an extended illness. She was born July 2, 1929, in Monongah, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Eugene and Claudine Rogers Smith.

She was pre-deceased by husband, Gilbert Smith, a daughter, Pam Wood, and infant son Eugene Smith.

Lois was a graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. She traveled all over the world with her husband during his military career. For over thirty five years she was involved in the Order of the Amaranth on a local and state level.

She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her daughter, Caryn Smith and husband Dave Vanderbosch of Charlotte, NC, her son, Gilbert Smith Jr and wife Natalie of Apex, NC, her step-children, Wayne Smith and wife Gayle of Conway, SC, and Nancy Johnson and husband Elton of Aynor, SC, She is also survived by seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 2, 2014, at McMillan-Small Funeral Home with burial following at Southern Palms Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at the funeral home prior to her service. The family would like to give a special thank you to Hospice and Palliative Care, Charlotte Region and the Visiting Angels Agency of Charlotte.