01/28/12 - NNHS Newsletter

01/28/12 - NNHS Newsletter -
Ruth Brown Smith

Ruth Brown Smith
(11 June 1915 - 25 Jan 2012)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
We have another sad Memorial Edition of the NNHS Newsletter this Saturday morning. Ruth Brown Smith, mother of Marcia Smith Lebos ('60) of GA and Bobbie Smith Horwitz ('65) of TX, passed away suddenly in Savannah, Georgia on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at the age of 96. May her memory be for a blessing always.

From the Daily Press - 01/28/12:

				Ruth Brown Smith

SAVANNAH, GA. - Ruth B. Smith, age 96, a resident of Savannah, Ga., since 1998, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Savannah, Ga.

She was born June 11, 1915, in Norfolk, Va., to the late Annie and Nathan Brown and was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Smith in 1998; and sister, Edell Gabel in 1994.

She was a former resident of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Hampton, Va., where she was a longtime member of B'Nai Israel Synagogue. She was active in National Council of Jewish Women and Hadassah. She was known for being a wonderful lady with a beautiful, sparkling smile for everyone. What she most enjoyed were the regular trips she and her best travel buddy, her beloved Herman, took, visiting more than 120 countries.

She is survived by her two devoted children, Marcia Lebos (Harvey) of Savannah, Ga., and Barbara (Ken) Horwitz of Dallas, Texas; four loving grandchildren, Mark Lebos (Jessica) and David Lebos, of Savannah, Ga., Seth Horwitz (Lily) of Dallas, Texas, and Lisa Horwitz of Sunnyside, N.Y.; and three great-grandchildren, Abraham and Liberty Lebos and Evan Horwitz; sister, Lorraine Brody of Greenville, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Graveside funeral services will be held at the Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula, on Kecoughtan Road in Hampton, at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that charitable contributions in Ruth's memory be made to the America.

Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.

Published in the Daily Press from January 28 to January 29, 2012.
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January 28, 2012

Dear Bobbie and Marcia,

I was sorry to hear of the loss of your Mother. May her memory indeed be for a blessing...

Carla Cripps, née Fine, NNHS Class of '65

~ Carla Cripps, Adelaide South Australia

January 29, 2012

Bobbie and family,
I just read about the death of your mother. My sympathies to all of you - - what a full life she must have had!
Patsy Hallett, (Patsy Blackard)
NNHS Class of 1965

~ Patsy Hallett, Richmond, Virginia

January 28, 2012

Our sincerest sympathies are extended to the Smith family and their friends at this time.

Y'all take good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!

Love to all, Carol

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Oseh Shalom

"Oseh Shalom" suggested by Diane Sandler Marcus ('69) of MD - 03/27/05
Thanks, Diane.

"Oseh Shalom" midi courtesy of http://www.alanabrams.com/jewish.htm - 03/27/05

Greg Olsen Painting courtesy of http://gregolsengallery.com – 02/10/05 and 11/23/08

Gold Star of David clip art courtesy of http://www.wisegorilla.com/images/jewish/ - 12/26/05

National Council of Jewish Women Logo courtesy of http://www.ncjwlou.org/ - 11/25/08

Hadassah logo courtesy of http://www.hadassah.org.il/tfassim/internpatient.htm - 06/03/08

Silver Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars3.html - 03/28/05 and 11/23/08

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