Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameOpal Geraldine Dick 
Birth14 Feb 1926
Death9 Mar 2010, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Burial12 Mar 2010, Stanly Gardens of Memory, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
FatherAllen Deberry Dick (1901-1982)
MotherLela Jane Smith (1903-1973)
Spouses
Birth19 Feb 1924, Stanly County, NC
Death5 Mar 2010
Burial9 Mar 2010, Stanly Gardens of Memory, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
FatherDuncan Monroe Smith (1878-1940)
MotherLaura Elizabeth Page (1879-1924)
Marriage16 Nov 1946
ChildrenDon Jared (1951-)
Kent Edward (1954-)
Notes for Opal Geraldine Dick
Opal Geraldine Dick Smith
Opal Geraldine Dick Smith, 84, passed away at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Albemarle, four days after the death of her devoted husband and life partner, "D.J." Smith.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 12, in Hartsell Funeral Home's Lefler Memorial Chapel with Rev. Adam Hatley officiating. Burial will follow in Stanly Gardens of Memory.
Geraldine was born Feb. 14, 1926, to the late Allen D. Dick and the late Lela Jane Smith Dick who encouraged her to develop her musical gifts by playing piano for the church. D.J. stated that in order to court Geraldine he needed a prayer book under one arm and a songbook under the other.
Geraldine was born on Valentine's Day in 1926 and married on Love Street in 1946 allowing D.J. to refer to her as "his love from love street." D.J. and Geraldine were members of West Albemarle Baptist Church.
They are survived by their two sons, Don Smith and wife, Linda, of Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Kent Smith and wife, Dotti, of Asheville; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Geraldine is also preceded in death by her grandson, Nathan Edward Smith, and sister, Carol Mauldin.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Stanly News & Press, 12 Mar 2010
Opal Geraldine Dick Smith, 84, passed away at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Albemarle, four days after the death of her devoted husband and life partner, "D.J." Smith.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 12, in Hartsell Funeral Home's Lefler Memorial Chapel with Rev. Adam Hatley officiating. Burial will follow in Stanly Gardens of Memory.
Geraldine was born Feb. 14, 1926, to the late Allen D. Dick and the late Lela Jane Smith Dick who encouraged her to develop her musical gifts by playing piano for the church. D.J. stated that in order to court Geraldine he needed a prayer book under one arm and a songbook under the other.
Geraldine was born on Valentine's Day in 1926 and married on Love Street in 1946 allowing D.J. to refer to her as "his love from love street." D.J. and Geraldine were members of West Albemarle Baptist Church.
They are survived by their two sons, Don Smith and wife, Linda, of Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Kent Smith and wife, Dotti, of Asheville; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Geraldine is also preceded in death by her grandson, Nathan Edward Smith, and sister, Carol Mauldin.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Stanly News & Press, 12 Mar 2010