Pauline Dale Smith Batts

PAULINE DALE SMITH BATTS DIED ON JUNE 2, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 76 AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS FROM ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE.
BORN IN NASH COUNTY ON SEPT. 15, 1921, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ADDISON HARRIS SMITH AND LALIE COOPER SMITH, SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND OF 32 YEARS, GEORGE DENNIS BATTS, AND A SON, GEORGE DENNIS BATTS JR., BROTHERS, COOPER SMITH AND ADDISON SMITH, SISTERS, MARY LUCY RACKLEY AND PEGGY FARMER, AND A GRANDDAUGHTER KATHERINE DALE BATTS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND A FORMER SALESPERSON WITH KERR DRUGS.
SURVIVING CHILDREN INCLUDE DAUGHTERS AND SONS-IN-LAW, PAULETTE AND WALLY BURROUGHS OF MECHANICSVILLE, MD., KATHY AND STEVE SNIPES AND DEBBIE AND CHARLES WINSTEAD OF ROCKY MOUNT. SONS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW ARE PHILLIP AND JANICE BATTS OF MECHANICSVILLE, MD., JOSEPH AND TERECA BATTS OF ANGIER. GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDE GENE BURROUGHS OF CALIFORNIA, MD., VICKI O’REILLY, AND JENNAH BATTS OF MECHANICSVILLE, MD., JESSICA ROUSE AND ADDIE TAYLOR OF HAMILTON, MARY AND ANDREW SNIPES AND RUSSELL WINSTEAD OF ROCKY MOUNT AND NICKIE AND JOSEPH BATTS OF ANGIER. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDE BRITTANY BURROUGHTS OF WALDORF, MD., AND GEORGANNA AND OLIVIA ROUSE OF HAMILTON. BROTHERS ARE ATLAS SMITH OF NASHVILLE, AND BOBBY SMITH OF CLEARWATER, FL. SISTERS ARE JOYCE BENSON OF WARRENTON AND JESSMA GIBSON OF ENCINO, CA.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE 11AM THURSDAY AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK, WITH REV. MARY TODD OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7PM TO 8:30 PM TODAY AT JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, SUNSET AVENUE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MRS. BATTS HAD REQUESTED THAT DONATIONS BE MADE TO HER CHURCH, ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1217 BETHLEHEM ROADM, ROCKY MOUNT.