Taylor Smith, 98 HOUSTON - Catherine May Taylor Smith, of Houston, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Milford Hospice Center. She was 98. Mrs. Smith worked for a while at the Harrington Shirt Factory before becoming a full time homemaker. She was an accomplished seamstress, and loved to sew, knit, and crochet. She loved to garden and maintained a beautiful yard. She even loved to mow the grass. She will be remembered as a kind hearted person who had a great sense of humor, and would help anyone who was in need. All you had to do was ask, and she would be right there. She will be greatly missed by her family and church family. Mrs. Smith belonged to the Avenue United Methodist Church of Milford and to the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, 3rd CG District (SR). She was also the last survivor of the Harrington High School Class of 1930. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Kate Taylor; her husband, Daniel J. Smith; son, Daniel J. Smith Jr.; siblings, Emma Taylor, C. Elwood Taylor, Mildred Newnom, Ethel Plummer, George Taylor, Nellie Andrews, Joseph Taylor, Margaret Hopkins, Walter Taylor, and Mary Ann Taylor. She is survived by her daughter, Diane Dolan of Houston; granddaughter, Sara Dolan Restivo and her husband James of Maryland; and daughter-in-law, Eileen V. Smith of Houston. Services will be 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at Melvin Funeral Home, 15522 South DuPont Hwy., Harrington, where a visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington. A final wish of Mrs. Smith was that everyone that attends her services wear bright cheery colors and not dark. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to either the Milford Community Food Pantry, c/o Avenue United Methodist Church, 20 N. Church St., Milford, DE 19963; or to the Delaware Hospice Center, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963. Arrangements are by the Melvin Funeral Home, visit our website at www.melvinfuneralhome.com for further information, leave a letter of condolence, or to send flowers.