Anna Elizabeth "Anna Beth" Smith, surrounded by her family, passed into the presence of our Lord Jesus on April 19, 2014, in Opelika. She was the beloved wife of Pastor Henry Lewis Smith for 49 1/2 years, to whom she was "My Queen". She was preceded in death by her parents, James Jefferies Lynn, Jr., and Sara Hicklin Lynn, and her brother, LTJG James Jefferies Lynn, III. Survivors are her husband, four children, Henry Lewis "Hank" Smith, Jr., Prattville, Dr. Sara Lynn Smith T (Dozier) of Opelika, Timothy Jefferies Smith (Rhonda), Birmingham, and Anna Elizabeth "Lisbeth" Chapman (Ben), Auburn; twelve grandchildren, Winston, Henry, Sara Hollis, Dozier, Vera Elizabeth and Joanne Carrie Smith T, all of Opelika; Wheeler, Hollis and Wrenn Smith of Birmingham, and Anna Beth, "Chap" and Nancy Chapman of Auburn. Born September 7, 1941, in Rock Hill, SC, her family on both ascents, were longtime York and Chester County, SC, families, who had settled there before the American Revolution, and were proud of their Scottish Covenanter and Huguenot roots. All of her education was received in Rock Hill: public schools, Winthrop Training School and, like her mother and grandmother, Winthrop College (now Winthrop University). She served as substitute teacher in Polk Co., FL, public schools, and was director of technical support in the Prattville-Autauga Public Library in Prattville for fifteen years. Following her marriage to Pastor Smith, she became active in the youth ministries of the churches he served in Rock Hill, SC, Winter Haven, FL, Prattville and Camden, AL. She sang in the choir, and directed five children's musical, including "Joseph and His Technicolor Dreamcoat". For five summers, she directed Vacation Bible Schools in Winter Haven and Prattville. She taught Sunday School classes and, for younger women, led the "Philosophy of Christian Womanhood" course. Actively involved in bereavement and mercy ministries, she cheerfully cared for an occasional needy and sometimes homeless youth her husband invited to the shelter of their home, caring for their clothes and meals. Some would respond with a "thank you" note forty years later! Church visitors were regularly invited to Sunday dinner, sometimes to her surprise! But the vocation to which she devoted most of her energy and time was that which she considered to be her life's calling - that of wife and mother. Her children (and a host of their friends) have fond memories of her at home in her kitchen, preparing delicious meals, all the while keeping a peaceful but fun-filled home with a smile on her face. "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her." - Proverbs 31:28.