Smith, Ruth Caroline Patrick Poff

Ruth Caroline Patrick Poff Smith, 90, of Rich Creek and formerly of Pearisburg passed away on Thursday, February, 2, 2012, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital, Pearisburg, Va., after a brief illness. Born on December 14, 1921, at Tazewell, Va., she was the daughter of the late Henry Marion and Rosa Collins Patrick. She was retired from the Celanese Corporation after over 40 years of service. Ruth loved to do all kind of crafts and many of them adorned the Christmas Trees in her children’s homes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Kester Sherman Smith; two sons and a daughter-in-law, William Blake Poff, and Marion Lee Poff and wife, Lois; three brothers, John, Joe and Henry Patrick; two sisters, Nan Johnson and Bessie Fox; and a grandson, Donald Lee Poff. Left to cherish her memory are two sons, Steven Kester Smith and wife, Brenda, of Irmo, S.C., and John Michael Poff and wife, Lynn, of Charlotte, N.C.; daughter-in- law, Jackie Poff, of Manassas, Va.; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 5, 2012, at the Broyles- Shrewsbury Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Steve Howdock officiating. Burial will follow in the Orchard Cemetery, Ballard, W.Va. Friends may call one hour prior to the funeral at the funeral home. The family would like to thank the staff at the Riverview Nursing Home for the care given to Ruth during the past nine months. Online guestbook can be signed or condolences may be sent to the Smith family at www.broyles-shrewsbury.com. Arrangements by Broyles- Shrewsbury Funeral Home, Peterstown, W.Va.