Celebrating the life of
Hilda Quinn Smith
September 28, 1923 - December 09, 2011
Hilda Quinn Smith
Hilda Quinn Smith, 88, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at Memorial Hospital to be with her Lord and Savior.
She was born September 28, 1923 in Harlem, GA, lived in Augusta, GA for forty-three years, and the past forty-five years in Savannah. She completed her education at Tubman High, an all girls school, in Augusta, GA. She worked at Sears as a Merchandise Manager during her husband's tour of duty during WW II and upon his return became a homemaker and loving mother of five. She was a member of Windsor Forest Baptist Church and served as Training Union Leader and sang in the church choir before her declining health. She was a member of the Savannah Department of Leisure Services Ceramics and won numerous awards at the Savannah Civic Center.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph G. Smith.
Survivors are sons, Ralph G. Smith, Jr. Carolyn, Michael W. Smith Dell, David Q. Smith Ruth and Jeff Smith Kay; daughter, Linda Dianne Youmans Warren all of Savannah, along with eight grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors Hodgson Chapel.
The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Immanuel Baptist Church on Hodgson Memorial Dr. with Dr. Morgan Kerr officiating.
Interment will follow in the Greenwich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery.
The family suggests remembrances be made to Immanuel Baptist Church and the American Heart Association.
Dearest cousins, how sad I was this morning to hear this news! What a great, caring wife and absolutely wonderful mother! May God's abiding presence rest with each of you. We know today that heaven is richer and this makes us want to go there all the more. I love you all and our prayers are with you!
- Roland Q Dudley, Ellendale, ND
Ralph, Our thoughts and prays are with you and your family.
- Michael & Paulette Parker, Richmond Hill, GA
Dianne, Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time of sorrow. It is never easy to give them up but rest assured they are in a better place and we will see them again some day.
- Dianne Futch, Pembroke, GA
Jeff and family, Sorry to hear of the passing of your mother. My family and I send our condolences to you all. We pray that God will continue to bless and keep you all.
- William Green Jr, Atlanta, GA
Dearest cousins, how sad I was this morning to hear this news! What a great, caring wife and absolutely wonderful mother! May God's abiding presence rest with each of you. We know today that heaven is richer and this makes us want to go there all the more. I love you all and our prayers are with you!
- Roland Q Dudley, Ellendale, ND
Ralph, Our thoughts and prays are with you and your family.
- Michael & Paulette Parker, Richmond Hill, GA
Dianne, Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time of sorrow. It is never easy to give them up but rest assured they are in a better place and we will see them again some day.
- Dianne Futch, Pembroke, GA
Jeff and family, Sorry to hear of the passing of your mother. My family and I send our condolences to you all. We pray that God will continue to bless and keep you all.
- William Green Jr, Atlanta, GA
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
