Grace Betourne Smith

GRACE B. SMITH Grace Betourne Smith, 85, a longtime Sebring resident, died November 6, 2011, at Lake Placid Health Care in Lake Placid, FL. She was born August 31, 1926, in Bradley, Illinois to Arthur and Lena (Parent) Betourne. She grew up in Belmont, New Hampshire, eventually moving to Sebring, Florida in the late 1940s, with her husband, Tarnum Lee (T.L. Smitty) Smith. Grace and Smitty owned Sebring Tile and Terrazzo for many years in downtown Sebring, until Smitty had a debilitating stroke in 1974. Grace then devoted herself to his care for the 20 years following. Grace enjoyed traveling to the Weeks Farm in Belmont with her grandchildren, spending time with her sisters and brothers and entertaining family and friends at her home. She was known for her striking beauty, her uncanny wit and her graceful charm. Grace was preceded in death by her husband, Smitty and her son, Richard Norman Smith, Sr. Surviving family includes her grandchildren, Jennifer Smith McAlister of Sarasota, FL; Richard Norman Smith, Jr., of Willington, NC and Andrew Smith of Orlando, FL; great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn Grace McAlister and Jaidyn Kate McAlister of Sarasota, FL; sister, Leonie Kolinski of Laconia, NH; brothers, Wilfred Betourne of Atkinson, NH and Everett Weeks of Belmont, NH and an immeasurable amount of friends and extended family. Services will be held in late Summer 2012 in Belmont, NH. Arrangements were entrusted to: Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home Sebring, Florida 33870 863-385-0125