Dorothy L. Alexander
February 26, 1918 ~ February 15, 2007
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Dorothy Ledford Smith Alexander, age 88, died February 15, 2007, at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community. She was born in the community of Little Creek, Burnsville, NC on February 26, 1918 to the late U.R. and Eliza Ledford.
She did secretarial work for Glenn L. Martin’s in Baltimore, Md. During World War II, was an assistant to her husband in selling Miracle Maid Cookware and worked for the American Red Cross. She also volunteered at the VA Medical Center. She was a charter member of Freedom Baptist Church. As active as she was, the essence of her life centered upon her family.
Dorothy was an avid bridge player, creative knitter, skilled seamstress and an active member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and enjoyed the fun with the ladies in the Deerfield Red Hat Society.
She was preceded in death by two husbands, Robert Matthew Smith, Jr. and William Alexander; brothers, John, Bernie, Baxter and Jim Ledford and sisters, Nancy McIntosh, Cornelia Ramsey and Mary Cooper.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by one sister, Nell Ledford Fender of Asheville; one son, Robert (Bob) Matthew Smith, III, and his wife Sandy, of Weaverville; three daughters, Vivian Sitton of Rutherfordton, Joy Biddix, and husband Danny, of Candler and Eva Smith of Arden. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Victor Sitton, Natalie Causby, Joshua Sellers and Rebekah Blaylock and four great grandchildren, Alec Sitton, Brynley Thomas, Lindsay Sitton and Grace Causby.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue conducted by the Revs. Keith Hutchinson and Everette Haney. The family will receive friends following the service on Sunday. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am Monday at Pisgah View Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to CarePartners Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or Memory Assessment Clinic, 100 Far Horizons Lane, Asheville, NC 28803.
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What a wonderful, and loving great-great Aunt. We will see you again!
Dot was a very sweet and giving person.I am glad and greatful for her life and influence on Josh,Rebekah & Jonathan and Myself. May God comfort you and bless you with memories that you will always treasure.Sympathy & Prayers To you all.
Vivian, Bob, Joy, Eva, and grandchildren,
We are sorry for your loss of Mrs. Alexander. She was a wonderful woman and we know you will miss her very much. She truly loved her family. She talked about each of you every time we would see her. We will remember you during our prayers.
Dot was a very special person, we loved her dearly. We have many special memories of the good times over the years. She loved being with friends and family & we were blessed, being a part of her family. We will see her again when God calls us home, it will be a joyous time. We can take comfort in knowing this.
Our thoughts are with you in your time of loss. Al & Kelly Sutton
EVA & Nell
Bill & I are truly sorry to hear of the death of Dot. We will miss seeing her at Church but we must rejoice at the same time because we will see her again because she is with the Lord. No sickness or sorry will be hers again. May God give all of you peace and comfort at this time.
WE ARE SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.WE LOVED AUNT DOT VERY MUCH.I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES OF HER.IT WAS ALWAYS SPECIAL WHEN SHE COME TO OUR HOUSE. I AM SORRY I CAN’T BE AT THE FUNERAL BUT OUR LOVE AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. NANCY&JERRY GREEN
Dear Bob, Sandy, and family,
I am thinking of you during this very difficult time. I know you have wonderful memories to hold dear.
I would have been at the memorial service if I hadn’t come down with the flu.
Sincerely,
Jean Baker
Eva-
We were so sorry to learn of your mothers’ death. Please know that you and your family are in our hearts, thoughts and prayers.
Glenda and David
Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again, and you will rejoice..’ John 16:22
As Jesus told his disciples that their grief will turn to joy when they see him again, so will your grief turn to joy when all are reunited with Dot in Heaven. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers.
Leo, Nancy, Kyle, and Zane Smith
Aunt Nell, Bob, Joy, Eva and the Grandchildren and friends,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this time. Aunt Dorothy was a special lady who led by example. She was always so elegant and such a delight each time we saw her. She be missed by those of us here left behind, but we are grateful for the promise of a great family reunion in heaven, where there is no suffering, sorrow or pain.
(I know if my Dad has his way there, I suspect there is a delicious banana pudding and peanut butter pie there too, but can’t support it with scripture.) 🙂
Our love and prayers are with you all,
Matthew, Amy, Jordan & Summer Ledford
Bob Smith,Dorothy Smith Alexander’s son and I fell in love and began ‘ going steady’ when we were 14 years old,It was an exclusive love, the only one either of us ever felt for anyone else. We tried to get married when we were 16,
but Bob’s mom caught and stopped us. Finally, we were able to get married 11
years later and were together for 25 years of the greatest love I have ever, or ever will, know. He will always be the love of my life.
So she was not only myMother-in-law, she was my mother, whom I loved
dearly and admired greatly. She was really the only mother I had ever known
and her family took me in , making me every bit a part of their wonderful family.
I love them all and will always consider her the only mother I ever had and their
family, the only true family I ever knew.
I am just learning of her passing and am struck with grief. And so much gratitude that I was raised by one of the most incredible women I will ever know. Love and blessings. Yvonne