Helen Smith Obituary

SMITH, Helen Helen Christine Simmons Cox Smith, 71, wife of the late Henry (Hank) Smith of Charleston, SC, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. The relatives and friends of Helen Smith are invited to attend her funeral service on Friday, February 13, 2009, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 440 Whilden Street, Mt. Pleasant at 11:00 am. Burial will follow in Old St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard, 2604 Ashley River Road. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL. The family will receive friends on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel from 5:00 until 7:00 pm. Mrs. Smith was born October 13, 1937 in Sumter, South Carolina, daughter of the late Fred McKinley Simmons and Corrie Zahler Simmons. She served as a secretary for Hope Assembly of God Church in Charleston. Mrs. Smith loved participating in numerous mission trips around the world, especially to Haiti, Honduras, and Africa. She is survived by her sons, Melvin Cox, Jr. of Charleston, SC, Timothy Cox and his wife, Darlinda, of Charleston, SC and Theodore Cox and his wife, Lotti, of Summerville, SC; sisters, Stella Blackwell of Charleston, SC and Thelma Temple and her husband, Charles, of Cheston, Indiana; and eleven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Melvin Leroy Cox, Sr. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hope Assembly of God, 633 King Street, Charleston, SC 29401. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website www.jhenrystuhr.com. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.