Our loving mother, Barbara C Smith, 82, went to be with her maker on August 11,2025.  Born on August 6,1943, in Newport News, Virginia, Barbara made Hampton Roads her home for her entire lifetime. After a marriage that lasted 16 years, she raised her 4 children by herself while working full time. Barbara created an atmosphere of warmth, resilience and devotion to those she loved.

She dedicated her life to making other people's lives better.  As manager of a small company in Hampton, she made all her customers feel welcome and at home as she collected rents for houses and storage units, many times "working with" a tenant that could not pay on time. She was part of a company that she considered to be her second family.

Barbara was a member of Bethel Temple Church in Hampton. Over many years she served her church faithfully as an usher, ran the nursery, and worked with the clothing closet. She was a beacon of light ministering with positivity and love.

She enjoyed dogs, cats, and a goose named Jake; sometimes adopting them.

Preceded in death by her daughter, Lori Smith Hitchler; her father, Fredrick Clark: and her mother, Francis Clark; she is survived by her daughters, Jennifer Spitzer and Julie Smith; her son, George "Billy" Smith (Paula); her grandchildren, Crystal Smith, Michael Spitzer (April), Alexandria Spitzer, Raven Spitzer, Ashley Young, Ashton White, Lauren Covington (Isaiah), Zachary Phillips, Jordan Phillips (Dejah), Josiah Phillips (Svetlana), Jamison Smith, and Aaron Smith.  Being a proud grandmother, she also had a host of great grandkids, and great, great, grandkids as well being an inspiration to us all.

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at Bethel Temple Church in Hampton, Va., beginning at 11:00 A.M. A celebration of life will follow afterwards.

In accordance with her wishes, Barbara will be cremated. The family kindly requests that floral arrangements be sent to Bethel Temple.