PRINCETON —
Nellie Hamer
Harsanyi Smith
Nellie Hamer Harsanyi Smith, 89, of Harrison St., Princeton died early Tuesday morning, February 12, 2013 at her home.
Born October 2, 1923, at Price Hill, she was the daughter of the late James Hamer and Nellie Stockton Hamer, who migrated from Lancashire County, Kearsley England.
Nellie was a devoted wife, mother, grandparent, homemaker and Christian. While living in Northfork, she was a founding member of the Burke Baptist Church in Keystone. She was very active and had served in many capacities within the church, a former Sunday school teacher, the church pianist, and sang in a trio. She will be most notably remembered for her missions work in serving the Lord by having witnessed to many. Through this witness and works, she had a great influence on many families finding the Lord.
She was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church on Oakvale Road in Princeton.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, John Harsanyi Jr.; her second husband Mark H. Smith; along with a son, Frank D. Harsanyi, and two sisters Dorothy Hamer Brown and Ann Jane (Jennie) East Cyphers.
She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her three children, Jean Evelyn Smith and husband Joe, Doris Ann Sherman and John Robert Harsanyi and wife Joan all of Princeton; eight grandchildren Katherine Trout and husband John, Mark Stephen Smith, JoZett Cooper and husband Brian, Dee Anna Davis and fiancé Jack Miller, David Allan Davis, John Edward Harsanyi and wife Demetra, Joseph Wayne Harsanyi and wife Wendy, and Jeffrey Shane Harsanyi; 10 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Joseph Hamer and wife Zetta of Jacksonville Florida; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Services to celebrate the life of Nellie Harsanyi Smith will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 15, 2013, at Maranatha Baptist Church on Oakvale Road in Princeton with Pastor Marvin Mills and Pastor Youel Altizer officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday from 11:00 a.m. until the service hour at the church.
Online condolences may be shared with the family via www.memorialfd.com
Serving as pallbearers will be Mark S. Smith, David A. Davis, John E. Harsanyi, Jeffrey S. Harsanyi, Joseph W. Harsanyi, and David E. Trout. Honorary pallbearers will be Clay M. Cooper, Corey S. Harsanyi, and J. Tyler Harsanyi.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be made to Maranatha Baptist Church, Attn: Youth Fellowship or Mercer Christian Academy, 314 Oakvale Road, Princeton WV 24740
The Smith family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center on the Athens Road in Princeton.
Obituaries Archive
Related Photos
-
Nellie Smith
Discussion
Nellie Hamer Harsanyi Smith
- Obituaries Archive
-
-
Carl E. Quesenberry
Carl E. “Brother” Quesenberry age 70, of Keystone, W.Va. went to be with the Lord Tuesday night, May 21, 2013, at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, after a long illness.
-
Deanna Helen Jackson
Deanna Helen Jackson, age 70, of Richlands, Virginia, passed away, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Maples Health Care in Bluefield, West Virginia.
-
Joe C. Rotenberry
Joe C. Rotenberry 69 of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at his residence, after a long illness.
-
Lucille Vaughan Carter
Lucille Vaughan Carter, 97, of Rustic Hill Drive, Princeton, went to meet her Lord and Savior Tuesday evening May 21st 2013 at her home with her loving family by her side.
-
William L. Marrs
William L. Marrs, 73, of South Daytona, Fla., died Friday, May 17, 2013 at Halifax Health Hospice of Volusia/Flagler Care Center, Port Orange, Fla.
-
Ollie Raymond Nunnery
Ollie Raymond Nunnery, 92, of Point Pleasant, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, W.Va.
-
Zelda Rae Cook
Zelda Rae Cook, 83, of Bramwell, WV, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at her residence from an extended illness.
-
Stanley M. Hill
Stanley M. Hill, age 76, a resident of Bristol, Va., for the past 39 years, passed away at his home on May 22, 2013.
-
Evan Lee Fowler
Evan Lee Fowler, 50, of Thorpe, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Welch Community Hospital in Welch, West Virginia.
-
Robert (Bob) Edwin Fuller
Robert (Bob) Edwin Fuller Age 85, Grundy, Virginia passed away peacefully On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Mayfair House at Claypool Hill, Virginia With his family by his side after a brave battle with cancer.
- More Obituaries Archive Headlines
-
