Dorothy Smith Standridge

Mrs. Dorothy Smith Standridge, age 84 of Toccoa passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the home of her grandson.

A daughter of the late Phares Smith, Sr. and Gerothy Pitts Smith, she was born December 6, 1932 in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all her life. She was employed with Toccoa Casket Company for a number of years and was a member of Old Toccoa Baptist Church.  She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who dearly loved to feed her family.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Devroe Standridge on February 15, 2017, by a daughter, Barbara Isbell and by two brothers, Phares Smith, Jr. and John Smith.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Wayne Segars of Toccoa; grandchildren, Josh and Jennifer Segars and Jonah and Kelsey Segars both of Toccoa; great-grandchildren, Jarrett, Hannah Grace and Haley; sister-in-law, Eula Bell Swaney of Cleveland, Georgia; a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Friday, February 24, 2017, 2 O’clock PM in the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home with The Reverend Roger Elrod and The Reverend George Dean officiating.  The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers, Jonah Segars, Josh Segars, Jarrett Segars, Wayne Segars, Marvin Fulbright and Richard Burton.  Honorary pallbearer will be Randy Holland.

The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Thursday from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M. Online condolences can be made at www.acree-davisfh.com.

Flowers are to be omitted.  Memorials may be made to Acree-Davis Funeral Home, P.O. Box 130, Toccoa, Georgia in memory of Mrs. Dorothy Standridge.

Interment will follow in the Lakeview Baptist Church Cemetery with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Dorothy Smith Standridge.