Riverside- Funeral services for Helen Starnes Smith, age 88, will be held Monday, November 19, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. from the chapel of Kilgroe Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday, November 18, 2018, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Mrs. Smith is preceded in death by her husbands, Thurston Ray Starnes and Charles Smith; two sisters and one brother.
Survivors include two daughters, Judy Massey and Pattie Bickerstaff (Jerry); five graildren, sev great-grandchildren; niece and caregiver, Diane Harvison; several nieces and nephews; and sister-in-law, Dorothy Coger.
Mrs. Smith was a member of Riverside Baptist Church. She worked as a nurse's aid for many years at the Pell City Memorial Hospital, and enjoyed having lunch with her retired nurse friends. She also enjoyed driving and visiting friends, baking cakes and pies and bringing food to people during illnesses.