Della Ann Smith, 82, of Campbellsville, KY daughter of the late Clement Whitlock and Bessie Wise Whitlock was born January 3, 1938 in Taylor County, KY. She died at 7:30 P.M., Tuesday June 9, 2020 in Campbellsville.
She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Palestine Baptist Church where she was organist for some fifty years. Della Ann was a former secretary for the principal at Taylor County High School and Co-Owner of Whitlock Insurance Agency. Music was an important part of her life; as well as playing the organ she also sang with the Gospelaires. She enjoyed fishing and playing shuffleboard during her retirement years in Florida. Her entire life, she was devoted to the church and her family. Gardening and helping tend to the farm with her husband was where she counted her blessings. She felt great pride and joy, while sharing in the lives and accomplishments of her children and grandchildren.
She united in marriage to Earl Byron Smith June 17, 1956. He preceded her in death September 4, 2014.
SURVIVORS: 1 son & 1 daughter: Byron “Binky” Smith & wife Rhonda of Campbellsville and Jenny Smith & husband Dr. Scott Smith of Pikeville; 8 grandchildren: Logan Smith & wife Cole and Seth Earl Byron Smith of Campbellsville, Loren Mattingly & husband David of Lebanon, Dr. Evan Cox of Franklin, Tennessee, Emily Ann VinZant & husband Whitney of Kansas City, Missouri, Raina Simpson & husband Dustin of Somerset, Hunter Smith of Pikeville and Max Smith of Ithaca, New York; 10 great-grandchildren: Oaks Mattingly, Oliver Mattingly, August Mattingly, Deacon Simpson, Judah Simpson, Titus Simpson, Ada James Smith, Barrett Smith , Katherine Ann VinZant, and Evelyn Rose VinZant; 2 nieces: Andrea Spell of Paris and Melinda Jackson of Indianapolis, Indiana; several other aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and many other relatives and friends.
Della Ann was also preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, Ann Logan Smith and a sister, Linda Spell.
_______________
VISITATION: 5:00P.M. – 8:00P.M., Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00P.M., Sunday, June 14, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Jason Keltner and Rev. Matt Crook
BURIAL: Palestine Baptist Church Cemetery
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY ARE REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO PALESTINE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY OR PALESTINE BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING FUND AND MAY BE MADE THROUGH PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME.
.png)
