Obituary of Georgia May Smith

Our Mother, Georgia May (Adkins) Smith, was received by God’s open arms on July 16, 2022. A gathering to celebrate her life will take place on Friday, August 5, 2022, at Adair Funeral Home, Dodge Chapel, 1050 N. Dodge Blvd., Tucson, Arizona 85716.

Georgia’s journey began as Georgia May Adkins in Pontiac, Michigan on May 12, 1929. She was the third sister of four girls Geraldine, Beverly and Jo Ellen, the youngest. She was last surviving sister, living to the age of 93. She married, George J. Smith and had four children with him before moving from Michigan to Tucson in 1967. George left this earth, much too early at the young age of 41, on September 1, 1968. Georgia remained in Tucson raising her children with help from her parents, Curry and Merle Adkins. A devote Christian she spent the last years of her life attending the Church of the Nazarene in Oro Valley. There she worked on many different committees; a favorite was the quilting group. She treasured special times with family, grandchildren, friends, studying the Torah with neighbors and looking at “her beautiful Arizona mountains”. She will be missed greatly by all that knew and loved her.

She leaves behind her children Diana Smith of San Antonio, Texas, Colleen (Richard) Taylor, of Tucson, AZ and Terri (Don) O’Rourke, of Tucson, AZ. Grandchildren Chris Taylor, Jake Taylor, Cailin O’Rourke and Erin O’Rourke ; numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her husband, George J. Smith, son Jeffery George Smith, grandson, Andrew Jared Taylor, her three sisters Geraldine Hayes, Beverly Green and Jo Ellen Cooper and parents, Curry and Merle Adkins.