Ella Vera Dawson Smith

ELLA VERA SMITH, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PELHAM, GEORGIA TO THE LATE EDRESS AND TREASSIE DAWSON ON FEBRUARY 24, 1932. SHE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM PELHAM TRAINING SCHOOL.  ELLA VERA SMITH, MOVED TO DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA IN 1961. SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT RIVERSIDE AND BROOKS CLEANERS. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF ST. PAUL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.  SHE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF MARY’S CHAPTER 187 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR FOR 40 YEARS. SHE WAS A PASSED MATRON AND PASSED STATE OF FLORIDA CHAPLAIN.

ELLA VERA SMITH, ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY MAKING EVERYONE AROUND HER LAUGH BY TELLING JOKES. SHE ENJOYED TRAVELING TO CONVENTIONS WITH THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, BINGO AND POKENO. HER FAVORITE SPORT WAS BASKETBALL ALONG WITH HER FAVORITE PLAYER CHARLES BARKLEY.  ELLA VERAFAVORITE QUOTE WAS “PRAISE THE LORD TWO TIMES.”

ELLA VERA SMITH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS EDRESS DAWSON SR. AND TREASSIE DAWSON. FIVE BROTHERS: DOUGLAS DAWSON, OLIVER DAWSON, EDRESS DAWSON JR., NATHANIEL DAWSON, AND AUGUSTUS DAWSON.  FOUR SISTERS: BESSIE DAWSON-HINES, OPHELIA DAWSON-DAVIS, BELIA DAWSON-BROWN, AND ANNIE DAWSON-KIELCE. DAUGHTER-IN-LOVE MARILYN WILLIAMS-DAWSON.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY A LOVING AND DEVOTED SON AND CAREGIVER: KENNETH DAWSON SR. OF DAYTONA FL.  FOUR GRANDSONS: KENNETH DAWSON JR. (LASHANTA) OF DECATUR GA, JAMEKA FLORENCE OF PELHAM, GEORGIA, SIMROY SAMPSON OF BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY, AND MARLON SAMPSON, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.  TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS: JANICE DAWSON OF PELHAM, GEORGIA, AND BUKESHEWA SAMPSON OF DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA.  A SISTER: MARGARETT DAWSON-WALLACE OF PELHAM, GEORGIA.  TWELVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. EIGHT GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.  A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES, FRIENDS, AND HER CHURCH FAMILY

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