Obituary of Mary Ellen Smoot

Oolitic – Mary Ellen New Smoot, 83, of Oolitic, died at 8:30 pm on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at her residence. Born April 13, 1933, in Flossie, KY, she was the daughter of Harley Virgle and Myra (Staley) New. She first married Jimmie Lovell. She later married Lloyd “Bud” Smoot on April 11, 1970 and he preceded her in death on July 26, 1991. She was a member of the Valley Mission Church of the Nazarene. She was a production line worker for RCA/Thomson Consumer Electronics retiring in 1993 after twenty-nine years. Survivors include two daughters, Linda L. Lovell and her significant other, Terry Graves, and Carolyn S. Stigall and husband, Kim; four step-sons, Dennis Smoot and wife, Percilla, Gerald Smoot and wife, Peggy, Larry Smoot and wife, Terri, and Mark Smoot and wife, Delores; four sisters, Pauline Hammond, Duetta Merritt, Betty Prather, and Cathy Morrow; three grandchildren, Chad Stigall and wife, Kelly, Darren Stigall and Whitney Woerner and husband, Emerson; nine step-grandchildren; several great grandchildren and great great grandchildren; and close friends, Mary Ellen Sowders, Charlie and Sheila Luther, and Bill and Beth Lewis. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three sisters, Hazel Branscum, Ruby Jean Cassada and Magdalene New; two brothers, Ronald and Raymond New. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am on Monday, August 15th in the Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm on Sunday, August 14th and from 10:00 am until the hour of service on Monday, August 15th at the Day & Carter Mortuary. Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.