She was born March 4, 1933 to Frank and Annie Reenie Green in Apison, TN. She worked for many years as a dietician at Hamilton County Nursing Home & Life Care Center of Collegedale & East Ridge. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, her grandchildren and her dogs and cats.
She was preceded in death by her husband James T. Smith, Jr., her sons Lyndon Thomas Smith, Douglas Ronald Smith, Roger Alan Smith, Daughter-in-law Cindy Barkley Smith, granddaughter Natalie Smith, As well as her sisters Ruby Higdon, Willie Finley, Deilia(DeetCampbell), Lomie Louise Peters, and Anna Belle(Peggy) Collins, her brothers Roy Green, Hershel Green and Roland Green.
Her surviving children include James Michael Smith, Rodney Lee Smith, Tracy Renae Messer(Timothy), Ava Marie Smith, Grandchildren Jonathan Smith, Rachel Dyson (Shane), Joshua Smith, and Jamie Smith. Mary Smith Hurst Obeginski, Brian Smith, Caleb Renegar, Lauren Brooke Messer, and Noah Smith, Great grandchildren Micah, Zion, Marcus, Judah, and Rose Dyson, Gabby Smith, Shawn Smith, Sabrina Smith.
A Celebration of Life service for Roberta will be held at 11 AM Monday, July 17, 2023 in the funeral home chapel with her son, Rev. Mike Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Ooltewah Cemetery.
Please visit www.chattanoogavalleyviewchapel.com to share your memories of Roberta.
The family will receive friends from 4-8 PM Sunday, July 16, 2023 at the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 7414 Old Lee Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
