Lottie Warren Smith

Mrs. Smith was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was the daughter of the late Edwin L. and Wilsie McFee Elkins. She was married to Johnny Ray Warren, who died in 1976. She was a graduate of Enka High School and a former employee of Kellwood Manufacturing Co. and of Penland Ambulance Service.

She is survived by her husband, Phillip Smith; two daughters, Elizabeth Trull and Jerrie McDevitt of Candler; three grandchildren, Jamie Lance, Jonathan Lance, and Rebecca Rice; two great-grandchildren, Brandy Shook and Chase Rice; and two sisters, Margaret Taylor of Candler and Frances Lance of Skyland.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Thursday at Browns View United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ed Worley officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Wednesday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue and at other times will be at the home of Jimmie McDevitt, 82 Bear Farm Road, Candler.

Memorials may be made to Browns View Church Cemetery Fund.