Audrey Smith

Audrey Marcella Smith of Corpus Christi went home to be with our Heavenly Father on the Lord’s Day, Sunday, February 20, 2022, surrounded by her six children, and was also blessed to have Fr. George Ethappiri at her side. She is our Forever Angel.

She was born at home in Hesperia, Michigan on September 19, 1935, and was the seventh child of Morris Maynard and Sarah Smith Maynard Brandt.

She attended Walkerville High School and had many life-long friendships.

She married Gerald H. Smith on February 19, 1950, in a double wedding with her best friend and his best friend.

Audrey was a loving Christian person who had a strong relationship with God her entire life. Her faith in God was unwavering. She was kind and sweet to everyone with whom she came in contact. She was a devoted home-maker to her wonderful husband until his death as well as an amazing mother to their six children. Raising and loving her children was her joy in life. During those years, she also worked many sales jobs some of which were Avon and Stanley Representatives. In later years, she was an Auxiliary Volunteer/Candy Striper at Memorial Hospital, attended Del Mar College and completed her Nursing Assistant Certification as the top student in her class, and worked at a nursing home providing loving care to all of her patients. After many years of hard work, she chose to become a waitress at a steak-house restaurant which allowed her to continue to share her kindness and friendly personality with others.

Audrey’s passion was music and dancing and she loved playing the guitar, piano and organ. In her younger years in Michigan, she and her best friend, Betty Abbatoy, sang on a radio station program and were known as the “Singing Sweethearts.” In later years she sang in the church choir and brought pride and enjoyment to her family while she was a member of the Sweet Adelines singing group in Texas for many years. She also loved crocheting and making floral arrangements. She was blessed with many talents.

After the death of her husband, she later married Wallace Hoffman and loved her time spent with him until his death.

Above all, Audrey will be greatly missed but will live on in those whom she touched and influenced with her love and spiritual leadership.

Audrey was preceded in death by her spouse, Gerald H. Smith, her parents Morris Maynard, Sarah Maynard Brandt and Merritte Brandt, five sisters, six brothers, one great grandson and one great granddaughter.

She is survived by her six children, Dianne (George) Lohman, Cherie (Ron) Anderson, Gerald “Gerry” Smith, Nancy (Richard “Rick”) Ehrhardt, Mildred “Millie” (James “Doodle”) Jarnagin, and James “Jimmy” Smith, 16 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren, two sisters Virginia Winchell and Betty (Roger) Briggs, two brothers Arthur (Peggy) Brandt and Leroy (Pat) Brandt, and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 4, 2022 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 3901 Violet Road, Corpus Christi, Texas 78410, which will also be livestreamed on Memory Gardens Funeral Home's Facebook page.

The family wishes to express their deepest gratitude to all the medical staff for their special care, Fr. Raju and Pax Christi Sisters as well as all family and friends for their support and continuous prayers. A special thank you to our Funeral Director, Anthony Perez, and the staff at Memory Gardens Funeral Home for their exceptional care and services during this difficult time.

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