Mabel ‘Gay’ Smith 1924-2023 | News, Sports, Jobs – Youngstown Vindicator
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PITTSBURGH — Gay Smith was born April 28, 1924, in Abingdon, Va., and died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, at the age of 98.
She attended King College and received a degree in education from Radford College. She also did graduate work at Kent State University. She taught eight years in Virginia, beginning in a one-room school house. Then she moved to Ohio, where she taught in the Canfield and Youngstown school systems. After she retired from Kirkmere School in 1987, she volunteered there as a tutor for many years.
She served on many committees for the Youngstown school system and worked with a number of student teachers from Youngstown State University.
She was a member of Kappa Gamma, a Jennings Scholar, listed in the Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America, a member of the Mahoning Valley Antique Car Club and a board member of Meals on Wheels.
She was a longtime member of John Knox Presbyterian Church, where she was an elder, taught Sunday School, and helped to organize and teach in an after-school tutoring program in the neighborhood.
She is survived by her son, Mike (Debbie) Smith; her grandsons, Elliott (Kate) Smith and Bobby Smith; and her great-grandson, Emmet Burton Smith.
She was preceded in death by her parents, David and Mabel Harris; her husband, Burton Smith; her infant daughter, Kathy; her sisters Maxine Neel and Kathleen Hoover; and her brother, Lewis Harris.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Vaschak-Kirila Funeral Home, 3100 Canfield Road, Youngstown, OH 44511, with a funeral service following at 11 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, Gay requests donations to Youngstown Meals on Wheels, 1840 Market St. Youngstown, OH 44507.
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