Essie Woodard Smith Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Essie Woodard Smith (Princeton, North Carolina), who passed away on July 29, 2021, at the age of 92, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Essie Woodard Smith to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Estella Wilkins Woodard and William David Woodard; her husband Thurman; her daughter-in-law Sandra Kay Smith; her siblings, Jessie Parnell (Edward Parnell), Melvin Woodard (Gladys Woodard), Leamon Woodard, Anne Giddings (Luby Giddings), Elwood D. Woodard and Charles Layton Woodard (Frances Lewis Woodard); and her brother-in-law John A. Shaver.
She is survived by: her children, Donald E. Smith (Kathie) of Springfield, VA and Wannett Smith Ogden Miller (Ralph) of Arlington, VA; her grandchildren, Tara Smith DeGarmo (Bret) of Fort Worth, TX, Jonathan Smith Ogden (Allison) of Brooklyn, NY and Elaine Smith Ogden (John) of New York, NY; her great grandchildren, Shelby Kay DeGarmo and Ryan James DeGarmo of Fort Worth; her siblings, Linda Shaver of Brookline, MA and Harold Woodard of Princeton, NC; and her sisters-in-law, Naomi Woodard of Roanoke Rapids, NC and Jean Whitaker Woodard of Goldsboro.
