ON MAY 16, 2022, OUR ANGEL, ANN SMITH WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD.

ANN WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 18, 1941, TO JOSEPH (BUSTER) SMITH AND ALMA HALL IN NORFOLK, VA WHERE SHE RESIDED.  SHE LATER RELOCATED TO VIRGINIA BEACH WITH HER NIECE KAREN FULFORD. FROM THERE SHE SPENT THE REST OF HER TIME AT THE VILLAGES OF SENTARA IN VIRGINIA BEACH.

ANN GRADUATED FROM BOOKER T WASHINGTON AND WENT ON TO BECOME A HOUSEKEEPER/NANNY TO THE SEERHMANS IN VIRGINIA BEACH. FOR OVER 50 YEARS SHE BECAME GRANDMA ANN AND A 2 ^ND MOM TO THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. SHE LATER RETIRED BUT REMAINED DEDICATED TO THE FAMILY.

ANN ENJOYED HELPING OTHERS AND THAT WAS HER PASSION. SHE LOVED CHURCH AND DEDICATED HER LIFE TO CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CAMPOSTELLA, WHERE SHE TAUGHT IN THE NURSERY, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, AND SUNDAY SCHOOL.   SHE WAS ALSO A NURSE'S AIDE AND A MISSIONARY.  SHE HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THE YOUTH IN THE AREA BRINGING THEM TO CHRIST AND BECAME KNOWN AND LOVED AS MS ANN OR AUNT ANN. SHE SPREAD THE GOSPEL UP AND DOWN MANSON ST TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES GETTING THEM TO ATTEND FBCC. AT A LATER AGE SHE WENT ON TO JOIN SPIRIT OF TRUTH MINISTRIES, WHERE SHE CONTINUED TO HELP OUT WHEREVER SHE WAS NEEDED IN THE CHILDRENS MINISTRY AND HOSPITALITY MINISTRY. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THE CHURCH AND WAS ACTIVE BEFORE HER HEALTH DECLINED.

SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS ALMA HALL AND JOSEPH SMITM, SISTERS JOAN ROYSTER (MILTON), RUTH V. ROYSTER (WALTER), DORIS NAOMI WILSON (LEON), VERNON HALL (EDITH), RAYMOND MACMILLAN, AND JOSEPH SMITH JR (EARLINE). SHE IS SURVIIVED BY HER BROTHER CHARLES W. JONES AND SISTER-IN-LAW EARLINE SMITH, AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, EXTENDED FAMILY (SEERHMANS, MEDNICK, AND RUTHERFORDS), AND A HOST OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPOSTELLA AREA.

THE MEMORY OF ANN SMITH, AUNT ANN, ANNIE BO, GRANDMA ANN WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HER LOVING GENEROSITY TOWARDS ALL THOSE WHO CROSSED HER PATH, AND WILL LIVE ON THROUGH HER NIECES, NEPHEWS , FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALL THOSE SHE HELPED AND LOVED. SHE SAID "SHE LIVED A GOOD LIFE AND WAS ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY THOSE WHO MEANT THE MOST TO HER. "

"I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH"     2 TIMOTHY 4:7

A funeral service will be held 10:00 am Saturday at First Baptist Church Campostella, 1510 Conoga Street, Norfolk, where viewing will be held from 5pm until 7pm, Friday, May 20, 2022, at the church. Pretlow and Sons Funeral Home is in charges of arrangements.

You can join the service livestream at : https://client.tribucast.com/tcid/483146510