Beech Tree News Network

Ruby Lee Smith, age 66, of Olaton, KY, passed away Monday, (June 17, 2013) at the Kindred Hospital in Louisville, KY.

She was born on November 23, 1946, in Manchester, KY, the daughter of the late Enoch and Elsie Caudill Gray.

She was a housewife, who enjoyed writing to over 200 pen pals and volunteering. She was a member of the Prayer Pal’s Group on the internet, the Handicapped Friends, the Forty Sixers club and attended Small Grove Church.

She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Ira Smith, one daughter, Jennifer Coon (Roy) of Horse Branch, KY, three sons, Ira Richard of Nashville, TN, Edwin Daniel of Lexington, KY and James Isaac Smith of Morgantown KY, one grandson, Thomas Coon, two brothers, Enoch and Billy Wayne Gray, and three sisters, Judy Gray, James Russell Gray and Melissa Ann Gray.

There will be no services, but the family will receive friends at the Dermitt Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Thursday.