Avis de décès de Annie Smith - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

<!-- FH = Macon Funeral Home -->ANNIE DEELEATHERMAN SMITHFRANKLIN - Annie Dee Leatherman Smith died peacefully with her family by her side on May 11, 2011.She was born on Huckleberry Creek in 1916, the first child of Nancy Mason Leatherman and Solomon Carl Leatherman. The family moved to Cowee Valley in 1924 where they had a farm by the Little Tennessee River.After attending Athens Business College, Dee worked for the Forest Service in Franklin, where she met Walton Smith, a Charlotte native. They were married in 1936 and one of their first adventures was building a cabin on the Leatherman mountain land from chestnut logs. After working with the US Forest Service in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Wisconsin they moved to Asheville, where Walton worked for the Southeast Forest Experimental Station.They had five children and their home was always active and welcomed many people over the years. Forest Service co-workers from all over the world as well as family friends enjoyed Dee's gracious hospitality. She was beloved by many who remember her generosity and positive outlook on life. She believed in the good of people and treated everyone with respect and kindness.She was involved with the First Presbyterian Church, was president of the Lee Edward's High School PTA and also was a substitute teacher at Country Day and William Randolph Elementary School. She was honored as the Asheville Citizen Times Woman of the Month in 1959.in 1970, Walton and Dee retired and built a home on the site where Dee was born. They established Waldee Forest which is counted among North Carolina's Century Farms. The Smith's reputation for hospitality followed them and for twenty six years their mountain home was filled with family, friends and numerous college students. Dee and Walton were active in the local community as well, serving as Co-Chairs of the Cowee Development Council from 1993-95. Dee once said about returning to her beloved mountain; "There was just a little something lacking that wasn't fulfilled until I came back, I couldn't explain it to you, but it was there." Dee Smith will be buried next to her husband, Walton, on land that has been in the family for seven generations. Her brother, Claude Leatherman; sister, Dorothy Bradley and great grandson, Adam Elkins, predeceased her. She is survived by her sister, Betty Leatherman Ross (Bill), with whom Dee lived after she was widowed; five children, Deanne Smith, Patricia Adams, Dorothy Sullivan, Sylvia Calhoun and Ramsay Smith and their spouses, David Peacock, John Adams, Jack Sullivan, Pat Calhoun and Anne Burrell Smith; twelve grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.An article on Walton and Dee, in the Franklin Press stated the way so many feel; We know of no one who has contributed more to keeping this community from being severely fragmented than Walton and Annie Dee. And, you should not speak of them separately nor honor them separately for although Walton is the one usually up front in the public eye, he would not have been there so successfully and of such strong nature had it not been for the stature, the character and wisdom of his mate, Annie Dee Leatherman Smith.A Graveside Service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14, 2011 in Waldee Forest on Huckleberry Creek Road, Franklin, N.C.In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory can be made to the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee for wildflower enhancement in WNC, P.O. Box 1148, Franklin, NC 28744 or www.ltlt.org.Macon Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.Online condolences can be made at www.maconfuneralhome.com