Mrs. Verda Elizabeth Vaden Smith

Verda Elizabeth Vaden Smith passed into the Lord’s presence peacefully on Saturday, March 4, at Wake Medical Center in Cary, NC. She was born August 29, 1915 in Stokes County, NC to William Oscar Vaden and Ida Jackson Vaden. Her mother died when she was 6 years old, and after her father remarried, she was blessed to call Lula Mabe Vaden “Momma”. In February, 1942, Verda married Howard Albert Smith of Mount Airy, NC, and they made their home there until his death in September, 1963. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son James Lane Smith and by brothers Troy Vaden, Lindsay Vaden and sister Mary Lou Martin. She is survived by her son Joseph V. Smith and wife Anne Laure Smith of Kingsport, TN and Murfreesboro, TN, and her daughter Gail S. Smith and husband Sam A. Smith of Fuquay Varina, NC. Also surviving are grandchildren Allison Parrott, Jennifer Barth, Laure DiDomenico, Joseph A. Smith, Jonathan Friend and Lisa Munns, fifteen great-grandchildren and brother, John Thomas Vaden, sister-in-law, Cindy Vaden and brother-in-law, Aubrey Martin. Verda was a long-time member of Bannertown Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, March 8 at Bannertown Baptist Church in Mt. Airy, NC with Rev. Mickey Cogdill officiating. Interment will follow in the Smith Family Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 12:30-2:00PM at the church prior to the service. Online condolences may be made at ww.moodyfuneralservices.com.

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