Rita C. Smith

Rita C. Smith, age 91, of Hodgenville, passed away, Saturday, December 28, 2024, at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown.

She was a member of Our Lady Of Mercy Catholic Church where she was a member of the Altar Society and served on numerous committees, and the TPA; was a former member of the Sunrise Manor Volunteers “Red Coats”, Friends of LaRue County Library and the LaRue County Sportsman’s Lake.  Rita was very active in the community helping with blood drives, working polling stations during elections and ministering to and helping countless sick people and grieving families.

Rita was preceded in death by her husband, Otis R. Smith; a daughter, Theresa Marie Smith; her parents, Carl and Dorothy Comer and a brother, Don Comer.

She is survived by six children, Rick Smith of Louisville, Rebecca Smith (Rebecca Bazzle) of SC, Michael Smith (Rinda) of TN, Mark N. Smith (Missy Stebbins) of Louisville, Monica Ann Smith of Hodgenville and Jennifer Smith of GA; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and a sister, Virgina Luzon of Louisville.   

Memorial mass will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 31, at Our Lady Of Mercy Catholic Church in Hodgenville with Fr. Brian Kenney officiating.

Memorial visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Monday with a prayer service at 7 p.m. and from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, at Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Our Lady Of Mercy Catholic Church, 208 S. Walters Ave., Hodgenville, KY 42748

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