Mary Hope Smith Pardue

Mrs. Mary Hope Smith Pardue, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, September 26, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Pardue was born November 21, 1927 in Surry County, the daughter of the late Edgar and Carrie Mae Smith Smith. Mrs. Pardue retired from Surry County Schools after working from 1970 until 1991 as a teaching assistant at Franklin Elementary School. She was a longtime member of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons, Thomas Richard Pardue, Jr. of Mount Airy and James Smith Pardue and his wife, Lisa, of Jamestown; and two grandchildren, Catherine Pardue Sebastian and her husband, Thomas, of Maynard, MA, and Thomas Aaron Pardue and his wife, Danielle, of Chapel Hill. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Pardue was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Richard Pardue, Sr.; a sister, Edith Smith Lawrence; and three brothers, William Earl Smith, James Claude Smith, and Edgar Keith Smith. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Haymore Memorial Baptist Church, with the Rev. Robert McCrary officiating. Interment will follow in the White Plains Friends Meeting Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 12:30 until 2:00 PM at Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, 945 Zephyr Road, Dobson, NC 27017; or Haymore Memorial Baptist Church, P.O. Box 27, Mount Airy, NC 27030. Moody Funeral Services in Mount Airy is serving the Pardue family.