Dorothy M Smithhart

Dorothy M. Smithhart was born Feb. 4, 1928 at St. Mary Hospital. She was the middle child of Ileda LaSalle Finney and John Lewis Finney. She went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Feb. 20, 2014.

Dorothy was born and raised in Port Arthur, TX. Attended kindergarten and elementary school at Franklin, Woodrow Wilson for three years, and in May 1946 graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School.

She and husband Grady were married in 1946, and were married for 49 years. She was very active in her church, (Calvary Baptist) and loved attending with her family and later by herself when they all had left home. She enjoyed choir practice and singing in the choir, and at one time was President of WMU (a woman’s missionary organization).

She taught Sunday school at every age level and worked at Vacation Bible School where she would bring her three children to attend because they too enjoyed Vacation Bible School. .

She had a “Banana Pudding” ministry where she made puddings to bring to people who were sick or just home from the hospital. Dorothy would also bring food to people who were home bound and not able to get out "Shut Ins". She was PTA Secretary when it was first Established at Dowling Elementary School. She promoted “Missions” in the church and had prayer with everyone she ministered to. She dearly loved her pastor Jeff Bell and his wife, Pam and Pam’s family. She was a witness for her Lord and Savior.

She loved her family, she is survived by her daughter, Becky Myers and her husband, Clevan (Butch) of Orange, Texas; her two sons, Brent Smithhart and his wife, Laura of Port Neches, Texas, Scott Smithhart and his wife, Brenda of Silsbee, Texas along with her three grandchildren, Avery and Maddison Smithhart, Reece Smithhart and specially chosen granddaughter, Jessica Myers Hobbs.

She was predeceased by her husband, mother, Ileda LaSalle Finney, father, John Lewis Finney, her two brothers, Herbert Ray Finney and Carl Owen Finney and her aunt Makel who raised her.

Visitation will be on Sunday, February 23, 2014 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. Funeral Service will be at 10:00 AM Monday, February 24, 2014 at Calvary Baptist Church, 2208 Canal Street, Port Acres with Rev. Jeff Bell officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park where she will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband Grady Smithhart, who passed away on May 31, 1995.