Meg, born Mary Margaret Kennedy, grew up in the Lowcountry of Moncks Corner, South Carolina. After graduating Converse College in 1964, Meg moved to Atlanta. Fascinated by the personal stories that make great literary characters, she earned a Masters in English from Emory University and taught English at Georgia State University.
Though academia didn’t suit her, the Atlanta real estate boom in the late 1960’s gave Meg the chance to join a team she loved and apply her analytic skills as a researcher at Crow, Pope and Carter.
In 1970 Meg married Terrell Smith. She loved travel and enjoyed adventuring around the US with Terrell until children came in the mid-1970’s. To child-rearing she brought a spirit of fun, adventure, diligent pursuit of learning, and her quiet, personal faith in God. In parallel she continued to pursue interests in drawing and painting, ultimately producing charcoal drawings that made her children marvel.
Meg suffered periodically from depression and was troubled by the psychological burdens she saw in herself and others. She traced hurtful acts of individuals to their own deep wounds, and saw counseling as a way she could introduce the love of God to offer hope and healing. After earning her Masters in Psychological Counseling from Georgia State, Meg found great joy helping her clients heal their deepest emotional wounds.
In her final years Meg fought courageously against Alzheimer’s disease, and even in her darkest moments shared the love she felt for and from Jesus Christ with those around her.
Meg is survived by her husband, Terrell Smith, brother, Algie (Dana) Kennedy, Jr, son Hoke (Julie) Smith and daughter Catherine (Patrick) Runge and their families.
A memorial service will be held September 3rd at 2pm at Church of the Apostles.
