Memorial Park Funeral Home, North Riverside Chapel, announces the passing of Mrs. Ruth H. Smith, age 87, of Harold Whelchel Road, Gainesville, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, at her residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, at New Bridge Baptist Church, Gainesville, with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Milton Harris and the Rev. Jimmy Hudson will officiate. The family will receive friends from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at Memorial Park, North Riverside Chapel. Mrs. Smith was a native to Hall County and was the daughter of the late Frank Hudson and Bessie (Peck) Hudson. She was a member of New Bridge Baptist Church. She was an excellent seamstress, and she loved all of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, D.C. Smith; one son, Lemuel Smith; one sister, Gwen Gillespie; and brothers, Harrison and Dennis Hudson. Mrs. Smith is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and Aaron Bryant, Gainesville, and Donna and Lendon Cagle, also of Gainesville; daughter-in-law, Merita Smith, Gainesville; grandchildren, Lynn and Mike Haynes, Gainesville, Phyllis and Ed Morgan, Texaco, N.M., Greg Bryant, Gainesville, Greta and Tom Meehan, Fountain Inn, S.C., and Gretchen Bryant, Canton; and eight great-grandchildren, Christopher and Matthew Haynes, Zach and Eli Morgan, Breanna and Gregory Bryant and Joseph and Hannah Meehan. Donations may be made to New Bridge Baptist Church, 3120 Cleveland Highway, Gainesville, GA 30506; or Northeast Georgia Medical Center Hospice, 2150 Limestone Parkway, Gainesville, GA 30501. Memorial Park Funeral Home, North Riverside Chapel, 989 Riverside Drive Gainesville, GA 30501; 770-297-6200. Memorial Park Funeral Home, Gainesville