Ruth Ann Smock Burdine

November 26, 1934 - May 24, 2024

Ruth Ann Smock Burdine passed away May 24, 2024 at Bethany House in Auburn, AL. Ruth Ann lived most of her adult life in Huntsville, AL after spending the early years in Indiana. She was born to Byron and Gertrude Smock and came to Alabama with 3 small children in 1959, when her husband began a career at NASA.

She lived a full life, enjoying work at Southtrust Bank in Huntsville, singing in several church choirs, playing the piano, serving as the head of her Red Hat Honeys chapter, keeping her grandchildren at Camp Gran, and always baking delicious treats for her family and friends. Her most recent Huntsville residence was in Cedarwood Place where she enjoyed the community until she could no longer live alone. To be close to family members, she moved to Auburn in the summer of 2023, enjoying life in assisted living and visits with her great grandchildren.

She is survived by her children, Steve (Alison) Cizek, Marcie (Tommy) Smith and her favorite, Mark Cizek (Deborah Waller) of Huntsville. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Lauren (Everett) Marshall, Emmy (Brian) Sharp and Alex (Clay) Ritenbaugh , and great grandchildren Abby, Ethan, Lily, Reese, Logan and Evie. She is proceeded in death by her husband, William Burdine, her parents and one brother, Wayne Smock. Her surviving siblings are Robert (Joyce) Smock, Karen Decker and Bonnie Grigsby.

A very special thanks to many friends, visitors, and caregivers, particularly Carolyn Life and Karen and Tim Cotton of Huntsville, and Teresa Vest, Dr. Tripp Martin, and the staff of Bethany House in Auburn.

A memorial will be held in the picnic area of Monte Sano Park in Huntsville at a later date. Ruth Ann was an enthusiastic supporter of the Big Oak Ranch, (6000 Shelley Dr. Springville, AL 35146) supporting disadvantaged children, as well as the Downtown Rescue Mission in Huntsville (1400 Evangel Dr. NW, Huntsville, AL 35816). Those wishing to make a donation in her honor can consider these.