Virginia Smith

Virginia Robinett Smith, 67, a native of Beaumont, Texas, resided in counties in Mississippi, parishes in Louisiana, but the majority of her life she has spent in Houma, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. to funeral time Friday at First Baptist Church. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church, with burial in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. She is survived by her husband and lifelong companion of 48 years, Clarence Smith Jr.; three sons, Carey Paul, Craig Patrick and wife, Anessa, and Chad Phillip and wife, Gina; three grandsons, Cullen A., Donavan P. and Hayden P. Smith; one step-grandson, Justin Lirette; her loving mother, Margaret A. Robinett; and many cherished relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, Ardis R. Robinett. She was retired from Humble Oil, Exxon Oil and numerous other oilfield related companies, after retirement, she worked as an oilfield consultant. Virginia is a graduate of the class of 1958 at Terrebonne High School and attended Francis T. Nicholls College for two years. During her life she was employed by Exxon in Morgan City, served as secretary at First Baptist Church during three Pastoral tenures, worked at Sears for five years then went into the oilfield services working at Teledyne Merle Services, Otis Engineering and Halliburton Services. Upon retiring from oilfield service she continued to work for Tillery Enterprises Inc. Bookkeeping Services. Her personal interests were church services, church ministries and support groups. She was one of the original founders of Shoulders to Lean On Inc., a support group for families and friends of prisoners. She was the initial leader in having Bible studies for children in the Terrebonne Juvenile Justice Complex. Special thanks to Dr. McGraw and the special staff of the Cancer Care Clinic in Houma; Terrebonne General Hospital and its staff; and family and friends, who visited, brought meals or said prayers. As per Virginia’s wishes, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Shoulders to Lean On Inc., P.O. Box 904, Gray, LA 70359; or First Baptist Church of Houma, 7382 Main St., Houma, LA 70360.