Janath Spencer Smith

The daughter of Robert Lewis and Ruby Jones Spencer of Buckingham, Va., Janath was predeceased by her husband, Charles Wilson Smith.

She credited her beloved son, Charles Spencer Smith, her extended family and her church family for giving her strength and joy for life’s journey.

After graduation from Thomas Jefferson High School and Smithdeal Massey Business School in Richmond, Janath worked for 12 years with The Richmond Tuberculosis Association, four years with the Disability Association in Raleigh, NC, and 19 years as secretarial administrative assistant in Federal Programs for Richmond Public Schools. She was the family videographer and chronicler. Extremely artistic and creative, Janath was always writing poems for personal greeting cards, making Barbie clothes for nieces’ dolls, and searching for or making the perfect gifts. A tiny woman in stature, she was very strong, feisty, loving and endearingly stubborn.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Monument Heights Baptist Church, 5716 Monument Ave., at 3:00 pm.

The family thanks staff of Bon Secours Hospice for their wonderful care and asks that in lieu of flowers donations be considered for Bon Secours Community Hospice House, Monument Heights Baptist Church, FeedMore’s Meals on Wheels program, or Rural Asia Initiative (c/of Lakeshore Baptist Church, 200 Lakeshore Dr., Hudson Oaks, TX 76087.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.NelsenRichmond.com for the Smith family.