Smith

Anne Fordham Smith, 42, was delivered to the loving arms of Christ due to a traffic accident Friday in Maryland. She was the loving wife of former Butler resident, Gary E. Smith.

Born April 1, 1964, in Fort Worth, Texas, she was the daughter of Richard and Celia Dowtin Fordham.

She worked for the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and her career spanned 20 years. She was about to graduate with a degree in business from the University of Phoenix.

Mrs. Smith was a member of Jesus the Divine Word Roman Catholic Church in Huntingtown Md., and was a Eucharistic minister at her church.

In addition to her husband, whom she married May 20, 1995 in Stafford, Va.; she is survived by two sons, Matthew F. Smith, 10, and Brian R. Smith, 7; her parents of Mississippi; a brother and his wife, Richard and Amber Lee Fordham of Mississippi; a sister and husband, Mary and Rodney Meeker of Manassas, Va.; her father-in-law and his wife, Richard A. and the late Nell Marie Smith of Gibsonia. Also surviving are numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

<B>SMITH</B> — A Mass of Christian burial for Anne Fordham Smith, who died Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, was today in Huntingtown, Md.Her body will be returned to Butler, and friends will be received from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>Geibel Funeral Home</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St. A graveside service and burial will follow at St. John Cemetery in Coylesville.Memorial donations are being accepted by the family for the Anne Fordham Smith Educational Fund.Information also is available at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.