Funeral service for Edna Ruth Smith, age 68, will be Friday, February 27, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Kilgroe Funeral Home. Interment will be at Pine Forest Cemetery in Ashville. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Smith passed away Monday, February 23, 2015. She is preceded in death by her parents, Walter Newman Gilchrist and Margie Magdalene Gilchrist; brother, Newman Wyche Gilchrist. She is survived by her husband, Bob W. Smith; daughter, Jennifer (Michael) Lavender; brother, Charles (Sandy) Gilchrist; sister, Gail (David) Thompson; 3 grandchildren, Sarah Grace Lavender, Michael Wayne Lavender, Jr., Julia Ruth Lavender. The family would like to add a special thank you to Joy Flemons and May Smith with Amedysis Hospice. Condolences may offered online at www.kilgroefh.com Kilgroe Funeral Home in Pell City will direct the service.