Karen Sue Smith

Published 4:19 pm Monday, June 3, 2019

Karen Sue Smith, 48, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019, at Franklin-Woods Community Hospital following an extended illness.
Karen was born January 10, 1971 in Johnson City but spent her entire life in Johnson and Carter counties. She was a graduate of Johnson County High School and was of the Baptist Faith.
Karen was preceded in death by her father, Richard Smith, and a sister, Debra Greenwell.
Survivors include her children, Rusty White, April White and Lexi Renfro, all of Elizabethton; her mother, Norma Smith, Elizabethton; her grandchildren, Riley White, Aubrie White and Wyatt Owens and one on the way; her sister, Trudy Hale, Elizabethton; and her brothers, George and Calvin Smith.
Graveside services for Karen Sue Smith will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, in the Smith Cemetery, Butler, with the Rev. Harvey White officiating. Interment will follow the service. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home then proceed to the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website, www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Smith family.