Mrs. Penny Ophelia Smith

Mrs. Penny Ophelia Dicks Smith, affectionately known by her family as "Muh" was born to the late Samuel and Farry Bell Bates Dicks on June 21, 1923 in Aiken, South Carolina. At an early age, Penny was baptized at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, and she would later serve as a Sunday School teacher at Friendship Baptist Church, Silver Bluff Road and sing on the Zion Hill Senior Choir until her health failed her. She peacefully departed this life on this side at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mcronel and Barbara Smith, on January 16, 2022. Penny was educated in the Aiken County Public School System, attending both Pleasant Hill and Strom Branch Academy. On November 18, 1939, Penny wedded Charlie Smith, and to this union nine children were born. After rearing her children, she was employed by United Merchants and Graniteville Company where she retired after a number of years. She was also an active member of the Strom Branch Alumni Association. Above all things, she was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother, who never passed up an opportunity to fellowship with her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Smith and her children, David Smith, Ruth Smith Holland, Doris Padgett Pope, and Charlie Smith, Jr., and as well as ten siblings. She leaves to cherish her memories: her surviving children, three daughters, Mary Annette Vaughn, Shirley D. "Shell" Brown, and Christmas Ena (Jimmie) Starlings all of Aiken, South Carolina; two sons, Kenneth A. (Dorothy) Smith of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Mcronel W. (Barbara) Smith of Aiken, South Carolina. Additionally, she leaves a legacy of twenty-six grandchildren, forty-three great grandchildren, and thirty-three great great grandchildren; three devoted sisters, Josephine D. Smiley, Nazerine D. Morgan and Leola N. Dicks all of Aiken, South Carolina and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other beloved family and friends. Graveside Service will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, 130 Independence Boulevard, Aiken, South Carolina 29803. Reverend Dr. Chauncey A. Scott, pastor and Pastor A. A. Dicks, Sr., eulogist. Interment to follow therein. Public Viewing will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday, January 24, 2022 at Jackson - Brooks Funeral Home, 126 Fairfield Street SE, Aiken, South Carolina 29801. Flowers can be delivered to Jackson - Brooks Funeral Home, 126 Fairfield Street SE, Aiken, South Carolina 29801. Please click the link below to view services for Mrs. Penny O. Smith: https://www.facebook.com/A-A-Dicks-Funeral-Home-Sullivan-Chapel-115729839828313/. Please leave the Smith family your condolences and prayers. The Smith family, acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Thank you for helping us care for our families. A. A. Dicks, Sr. and Staff. Like our Facebook page: A. A. Dicks Funeral Home - Sullivan Chapel Add our Facebook Friend Page and leave a comment: A. A. Dicks FH

Mrs. Penny Ophelia Smith

June 21, 1923 - January 16, 2022