Gayla T. Smith
Gayla Patricia Tucker Smith, 61, of Winchester, Virginia, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in Winchester, Virginia.
Mrs. Smith was born in 1948, in Winchester, Virginia, the daughter of Emitte Tucker of Winchester, Virginia and the late Evelyn Maxine Tucker. She was an information specialist with Telegate Communication and previously worked as a bookkeeper in Winchester, Virginia. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Winchester. Mrs. Smith was a graduate of James Wood High School, Class of 1967.
She married Reginald Smith on June 16, 1990, in Lancaster County, Virginia.
Surviving with her father, her step-mother Polly, and her husband of 20 years, are daughters, Christian Marie Hazelton of Bastrop, Texas, Carrie Beth West of Lancaster County, Virginia; her son Jeffrey Daniel Griffith of Winchester, Virginia; three grandchildren, Alissa Ann Griffith of Winchester, Virginia. Robert Daniel West and Anna Maxine West of Lancaster County, Virginia; two sisters, Vicki DeHaven of Winchester, Virginia and Amy Tucker of Titusville, Florida and her special friend Jean Sealock of Winchester, Virginia.
A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Sunday at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, 1600 Amherst Street, Winchester, Virginia, with Reverend Steve Melester officiating. Interment will be private.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, prior to the service, from 12:00-2:00 PM, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.
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