Vesta Stump Smith, age 97, of Pike County, KY passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at Tug Valley ARH Hospital in South Williamson, KY. She was born to the late McClellan and Martha “Smith” Stump in Pikeville, KY, May 5, 1919.
Besides both of her parents, Vesta is preceded in death by one son, Wilburn Smith; one grandchild & three great grandchildren, three sisters, Annie Dotson, Pearl Hurley, and Essie Simon; and three brothers, Arthur, Leonard, and Willis Stump.
She is survived by her loving husband, Richard Smith of Phelps, KY; one daughter, Ella Smith, her husband Clarence; two sons, Turner Smith and his wife Linda of Somerset, KY and Harold Smith of Kimper, KY; 10 grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren; and one great great- grandchild.
She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
The family will accept friends at Thacker Memorial Funeral Home at 5:00 PM Friday, June 24, 2016 for visitation. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 11:00 AM with Freewill Baptist Ministers officiating. Entombment will follow at the J.U. Thacker Mausoleum on Annie E. Young Cemetery in Pikeville, KY.

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