Virginia Griffin Smith

Pisgah Forest ~ Virginia K. Griffin Smith, 81, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 23, 2005. A native of Buffalo, SC, Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Elsie Swayngim Griffin. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mark Smith, Jr., who died in 1988 and a son, Danny; two daughters, Tina and Tammy. Mrs. Smith was a cook most of her life and was of the Baptist faith. Born and bred in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, she was well loved and thought of where she lived and was the same with whoever she met. She was a very unique lady. Anyone who met her was blessed by her life. She will be sadly missed by all. She was cared for by her daughter Anna for the past two years. She is survived by four daughters, Anna Jefferson and her husband Eddie of Avery’s Creek, a daughter, Nancy Kent and her husband Ronnie of Candler, Brenda McAfee and husband Ronnie of Asheville and Elura Walker and her husband Dennis of Pisgah Forest; two sons, Charles Smith and wife Brenda and Paul Smith and wife Linda all of Pisgah Forest; 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Lillian Cooper of Enka, Elsie Morris and husband Olin of Texas, Sue Chacellor and husband Reavis of Charleston, SC; three brothers, Charles Griffin and wife Evelyn of Enka, Samuel Griffin of Candler and Gene Griffin and wife Jane of Candler. A funeral service will be held 11:30 A.M. Saturday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road with Rev. Thomas Owens officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Enka. The family will receive friends Saturday from 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Transylvania County Hospice, PO Box 1116, Brevard, NC 28712.