Betty Jo Smith

July 12, 1931 - October 11, 2014

Betty Jo Smith, age 83, of Kingsport, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee. She was born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late Will and Bertha Chandler. She had lived in Damascus, Virginia from 1948 until 1957 when she moved with her husband to Maryland. She had lived with her daughter, Frankie, in Kingsport, Tennessee since 2009. Mrs. Smith was a member of Edgemere Church of God in Edgemere, Maryland. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Smith. She is survived by two daughters, Bertha Louise Sandridge and her husband, Carroll, of Baltimore, Maryland, and Frankie Darlene Sprinkle and her husband, Russell, of Kingsport, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Connie Miller and her husband, Mark, Gary Sandridge and his wife, Tammy, Amanda Sprinkle, and Stephen Sprinkle; four great grandchildren, Eric Miller, Megan Cornejo, Ashley Sandridge, and Jillian Sandridge; three great great grandchildren, Eric Cornejo, Eli Cornejo, and Abigail Miller; three sisters, Kate Chandler, Faye Killion, and Virginia Belle Dickenson; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 12:00 Noon to 1:45 P.M. Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Garrett Funeral Home. The funeral service will follow at 2:00 P.M. Saturday in the Riverview Chapel at Garrett Funeral Home with Pastor Paul Wright officiating. The committal service and interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Damascus, Virginia. Pallbearers will be Mickey Pruitt, Robbie Price, Gary Sandridge, Mark Pruitt, Keith Pruitt, and Kyle Pruitt. Online condolences may be sent to the family and a memorial video tribute viewed by visiting www.garrettfuneralhome.com. Mrs. Smith and her family are in the care of Garrett Funeral Home, 203 N. Shady Ave., Damascus, VA 24236, ph.#: 276-475-3631.