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Hickory Record
Hickory, NC
January 13, 2002
DOROTHY C. SMITH
MORGANTON - Dorothy Causby Smith, 86, died Jan. 11, 2002, at Morganton Long Term Care.
Born Sept. 25, 1915, in Burke County, she was a daughter of the late Horace and Flora
Barrier Causby.
A lifelong member of Missionary Ridge Baptist Church, she was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Luke Smith; a son, Billy Davis Smith;
and a daughter, Flora Irene Riddle.
Survivors include her husband and daughter-in-law, Hubert T. and Edith Smith of Morganton;
two daughters and sons-in-law, Sue and Gary Walker of Lenoir and Myrtle and David Poteet
of Hudson; a sister, Louise Arrowood of Rutherfordton; two half brothers, Tom Causby of
Alabama and Lewis Causby of Morganton; three half sisters, Mamie Causby and Inez Williams
of Morganton and Betty Anderson of High Point; 11 grandchildren; and 13
great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. Donald Lovelace at 2 p.m. Monday at her church.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will be at Kirksey Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 tonight.
Memorials may be made to Missionary Ridge Baptist Church, Building Fund, 5612 John Watts
Road, Morganton, N.C. 28655.