- Date Of Birth: March 24, 1942
- Date Of Death: April 26, 2016
- State: Florida
Mary E. Smith, age 74, a native of Foley, AL and a resident of Fort Walton Beach, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016. She was born on March 24, 1942 in Mobile, AL.
Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Mary and Ernest Hawkins, of Foley, AL. She graduated from Foley High School in 1960, William Carey College with a B.A. degree in 1964 and from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a MRE in 1966. She loved all children and taught in the Okaloosa County School system for 30 years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Fulton E. Smith, her parents, Mary and Ernest Hawkins, her paternal grandparents, Mary J. and William H. Hawkins and maternal grandparents, Mary E. and James C. Barron, her brother Hank Hawkins and her sister Anna Donaldson. She is survived by her daughters, Melinda (Kevin) and Melissa, her grandchildren, Ryan Pike, Ava Glass and Emma and Kyle Crews, who knew her as Nana, and she cherished each opportunity to be with them. She is also survived by a sister, Jean Malec of Fairhope. She also leaves her nieces and nephews and many friends and a brother-in-law Bill Donaldson.
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