We invite all family and friends to join us for the Live Broadcast of the service for Kathleen Smith on Tuesday, February 8th at 2:00 PM.  Please click on the link below prior to the start of the service.

Kathleen Smith Service Broadcast

Kathleen Anderson Smith, 98, wife of the late Vance Smith, passed away February 2, 2022 at her home.  Born September 3, 1923 in Wayne County, KY, Kathleen was the eldest daughter of the late Cecil and Lillian Cooper Anderson.

A graduate of Wayne County High School, she was a member of the Poplar Grove Baptist Church in Russell Springs, Kentucky.  Kathleen had a gentle spirit and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister.

Survivors include her three children, Lynda Kaye (husband Danny) Johnson, Kerry A. (wife Lou) Smith, and Vandra (husband Daniel) Guffey, all of Lawrenceburg; five grandchildren, Corey (Danielle) Johnson, Anga (James) Brown, Joe (Tamara) Smith, Codee (Hailey) Guffey, and Clay Guffey; eight great grandchildren, Ryder, Turner, Baylor and Major Brown, Kallie Jo and Sophie Smith, Nathan Johnson, and Edie Kathleen Guffey; a sister, Brenda Sue (Bill) Delaney; four brothers, Gene Anderson, Bob Anderson, Glen (Delores) Anderson, and Max Anderson; a brother-in-law, David Cameron Hopper; and a host of nieces and nephews.  Along with her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Ann Dunbar.

The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation and love for the following women who loved and cared for their mother.  Lynn Jefferies, Charlene Crockett, Darlene Penn, and Linda Hersey, who loved and cared for both Vance and Kathleen for 16 years.

A gathering of family and friends will be held from 12 – 2 PM Tuesday, February 8 ^th at Ritchie & Peach Funeral Home.  A service, led by Dr. Mike Hamrick, will follow the visitation beginning at 2:00 PM.  Burial will follow in the Lawrenceburg Cemetery.  Kathleen's great grandchildren will serve as her pallbearers.

Memorial donations in memory of Kathleen Smith are suggested to Bluegrass Hospice Care, 643 Teton Trail, Frankfort, KY 40601.

Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.ritchieandpeach.com .