Kathryn "Kathy" P. Smith

Kathryn Pritchard Smith, 67, of Seabrook Island, South Carolina, wife of Marion H. "Chip" Smith, Jr., was joyfully reunited with her mother, grandmother, aunt and beloved pets in heaven on Friday, March 14, 2014. Her Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Church of Our Saviour, 4416 Betsy Kerrison Parkway, Johns Island at 11:00 a.m. Additional memorial services will also be held Friday, March 21, 2014 at Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC at 2:00 p.m. and in Riverton NC at a later date to be announced. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.

Kathy was born April 9, 1946, in Hickory, North Carolina, daughter of the late James Columbus Pritchard and Imogene Cashion Pritchard. Kathy was a fourth generation graduate of University of North Carolina at Greensboro and had a graduate degree in Early Childhood Education. While earning her Masters from Georgia State University, she taught kindergarten in the Head Start Program. Later her focus turned to working with Cambodian and Laotian immigrants while teaching at Central Piedmont Community College and assisting under-served populations through Reachout Ministries of the United Methodist Church.

Throughout her life Kathy devoted much of her time and talents to the church. No matter where Chip and Kathy lived, Kathy made her home in the church. This included Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, Church of Our Saviour on Johns Island, the AME congregation on Johns Island and on mission trips with the beloved Father Marshall Huey. Kathy was an angel to many and always ready to fight for those without a voice.

Kathy was a brilliant, vibrant, faithful wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She is survived by her husband of forty-five years, Marion H.Smith, Jr.; her two sons, Marion Hinson Smith III, and his wife Alexandra Read Smith, their two beautiful daughters Alexandra Henrietta "Etta" Smith and Lane Pritchard Smith; Cashion Dowd Smith and his fiance, Eva Surls; her brother, James Vernon Pritchard and wife Betty of Hickory, NC; and two much loved nieces - Stamey Elizabeth Pritchard and Jami Smith Cairnes.

Memorials may be made in Kathy's memory to Barrier Island Free Medical Clinic, PO Box607, Johns Island, SC 29457, Outreach Wellness Center, 1684 Brownswood Road, Johns Island, SC 29455 or Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC 28207.