Barbara Smith Dickerson

Barbara Smith Dickerson (1933-2016) was born and raised in Cheriton, VA by Grover Lee and Elizabeth Hamblin Lafferty. She was the third child of ten children. She married her first husband, Floyd L. Smith and they were married for 35 years. Her second marriage was to Douglas D. Dickerson of Parksley, VA.

She was noted for making the best rolls and her baked goods when Bethel Church had their bazaar. She was a member of the Women of the Moose #683 and Bethel United Methodist Church in Jamesville, VA. She was a good daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend.

She is survived by her daughter, Brenda Sue; her sons, Floyd, Jr. (Karen), Paul (Pam); her "adopted" daughter, Patricia Williams (Sammy); her grandchildren, Jessica, Emily, Tori and Jillian Smith; her brothers, Frank Lafferty (Mary Esther), Grover Lafferty, Jr.; her sisters, Mary L. Bennett, Charlotte L. Whitman (George), Abbie L. Borum (Larry), Colleen L. Makin and Betty Jo L. Petty; several nieces and nephews; her cat, Tiger and her granddogs. Besides her parents and husbands, she was predeceased by her sons, Reese Boyer Smith, Daniel Floyd Smith and her brothers, Edward Lee Lafferty and Bartlett H. Lafferty.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Doughty Funeral Home with Reverends Paul Oh and Jack Pruitt officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Haven Cemetery. Family will join friends at the funeral home Saturday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Spina Bifida Association, 1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 800, Arlington, VA 22209 or to Travis Chapel United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 106, Cheriton, VA 23316 or to Bethel United Methodist Church, c/o Bettie Nuckols, P.O. Box 224, Jamesville, VA 23398 or to S.P.C.A. Animal Shelter, P. O. Box 164, Onley, VA 23418.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com

Arrangements were made by Doughty Funeral Home in Exmore, Virginia.

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Visitation

Doughty Funeral Home

• Saturday, August 13, 2016
• 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
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• 3117 Main Street
  Exmore, VA 23350

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Interment

Belle Haven Cemetery

• Sunday, August 14, 2016
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• Lee Street
  Belle Haven, VA 23306

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Funeral

Doughty Funeral Home

• Sunday, August 14, 2016
• 02:00 PM
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• 3117 Main Street
  Exmore, VA 23350

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