Mrs. Dorothy Ruth Scales Smith

Mrs. Dorothy Ruth Scales Smith, 98 of Mount Airy, passed away on Friday May 6, 2016 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Smith was born in Patrick County on June 14, 1917 to the late George Smith Scales and Mary Ila Gates Scales. She was a lifelong member of Salem United Methodist Church and was retired from Pine State Knitwear after thirty-nine dedicated years of service. Mrs. Scales is survived by a daughter-in-law, Carole Carter Smith of Mount Airy; grandchildren, Jimmy Smith and wife Ginger of Elkin, Christi Janine Smith Stevens and husband Travis of Mount Airy; nine great-grandchildren, Kaila Marie Lupinacci, Ashley Nicole Dunning, Jacob Cody Smith, Samantha Nicole Stewart, Steven Jeremiah Collins, Joshua Aaron Collins, Jackson Carter Stevens, Matthew Joel Stevens, and Daniel Luke Stevens; two great-great-grandchildren, Juliana Lynette Lupinacci and Zoe Olivia Dunning; a brother and a sister-in-law, Moir Scales and wife Betty of Philadelphia, PA In addition to her parents, Mrs. Scales was preceded in death by her husband, James Council Smith; two sons, Wayne Jackson Smith and William Robert Smith; a granddaughter, Lisa Smith Collins; two sisters, Betty Scales Phillips and Mary Virginia Scales; a brother, Henry Scales. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy with Rev. Joseph Kossan and Rev. Bud Cameron officiating and burial to follow in the Oakdale Cemetery. Family will receive friends on Monday evening at the funeral home from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

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