Willie Ann Smith

Willie Ann Smith was born on September 30, 1933 to Will Rush Sr. and Lela Mae Rush. She was converted and baptized at an early age. On October 25, 1952, she was united in matrimony to Robert Lee Smith. This union was blessed with three children.

Willie Ann was called home on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.

She was preceded in death by son, Henry Anthony Smith; husband, Robert Lee Smith; parents: father, Will Rush Sr. and mother, Lela Mae Rush; and siblings, Paulette Rush-Fair, Robert Daniel Rush Sr., Lela B. Rush Lyons, Will Rush Jr., and Rubin T. Rush.

Willie Ann was active in her church and many organizations until her health begin to fail. She was president of the Corinthian Mother’s Board at one time which served as role models for the younger Christian women of the church and the sharing of Baptist church traditions. Willie Ann enjoyed volunteering in the public school’s Foster Grandparent Program, traveling with the Prime Timers, and was a strong 1199 union representative at the Mount Vernon Hospital, Mt. Vernon, New York.

Willie Ann leaves to cherish her memory daughter, Sandra Marie Smith of Waukee, Iowa; son, Cornell Randy (Connie Harris) Smith of Tucson, Arizona; siblings, Henrietta Rush-Green of Mount Vernon, New York, Rufus (Jackie) Rush of Dolver, Delaware, and Bessie (Dr. Raphael) Johnson of Pasadena, California; sister-in-law, Minnel Rush of Mount Vernon, New York; grandpup, Phoebe; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Private family services will be held at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines. She will be laid to rest in Greenville, Mississippi.

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