Dempsey Kinnamon Smith, 93

GOLDSBORO, Md. - Dempsey Kinnamon Smith, a lifetime resident of Goldsboro, passed away Monday, March 24, 2008, at Country Rest Home, Greenwood. She was 93.

Mrs. Smith was born in Goldsboro, daughter of the late Anna Smith and James Clayton Kinnamon Sr.

She is survived by two nephews, J.C. Kinnamon III of Newark, N.J., and Wayne G. Kinnamon of Rehoboth Beach, Del.; a niece, Ginger K. Wilkins of Hurst, Texas; many great-nephews and great-nieces; and two great-great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Wilson O. Smith; an infant brother, J.C. Kinnamon Jr.; and a brother, J.C. Kinnamon Jr.

Mrs. Smith was a 1932 graduate of Greensboro High School and attended the Easton School of Nursing.

She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of the Trinity United Methodist Church. As a member of the church, she taught Sunday school, played the piano and organ and sang with the choir.

She and her late husband were faithful lifetime supporters of the Goldsboro Volunteer Fire Co.

She will be remembered as a person who appreciated the "simple things in life."

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Fleegle and Helfenbein Funeral Home, Greensboro, where a visitation will begin one hour prior.

Burial will be in Greensboro Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent via www.fleegleandhelfenbein.com.