Ruby Charline Smart

Ruby Charline Smart, 88, of Silsbee, died Thursday, February 25, 2021.  She was born on October 10, 1932, in Silsbee, to Ruby Cook Hargraves and Charles Paul Hargraves.

Mrs. Smart was a firm but supportive mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who always liked to make sure no one went hungry. She was known for being a strong, young mother who worked hard to support herself and her children. She was a god-devoted woman who went to church every Sunday until she didn’t have the strength to get out of the house and even then, she read her bible devotedly. There was hardly a thing you could do to dull this remarkable woman’s drive. She constantly pushed herself to the limits trying to care for others and ensure no one else need care for her. This hard-headedness is what kept her kicking for eighty-eight long years.

Survivors include her daughter, Martha Graves of Silsbee; grandchild, Jenny Graves Hatton of Silsbee; great-grandchildren, Jaydin Hatton, Sophie Booker, and Cypress Hawkins; and siblings, Ella Faye Woodsmall and her husband, Ed, of Fannett and Charline Paulette Gale and her husband, Duane.  She is preceded in death by her parents; son, Lonnie Carl Smart; grandson Paul Jason Graves; and siblings, Evelyn Odom, Mary Evelynn Cotton, and Charles Paul Hargraves, Jr.

A gathering of Mrs. Smart’s family and friends will begin at 10:00 a.m., with her funeral service at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 1, 2021, at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee.  Her interment will follow at Knupple Cemetery, Silsbee,

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