Valerie Emma Turner Smith, 88 of Eden went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 18, 2018 at UNC Rockingham Health Care (Morehead).

A celebration of her life will be held on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 4:00 pm at Freedom Baptist Church.  Interment will follow the service in Overlook Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service (2:30 – 4 pm) and other times at the home of her granddaughter, Jeanie, 510 Beagle Club Road, Stoneville.

Mrs. Smith was born in the Leaksville section of Eden on August 8, 1929 to the late James Oliver Turner and Hazel Walker Turner.  She was of the Baptist faith and a faithful, beloved member of Freedom Baptist Church.  Mrs. Smith retired at the age of 86 from Karastan Rug Mill after 63 years of loyal service.  She loved her work family and church family deeply.  Mrs. Smith will be greatly missed by all they knew and loved her.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, James Smith of the home, her son, Bruce Hall, Sr. and wife, Joyce of Stoneville; her granddaughter, Jeanie Shropshire and husband, Todd of Stoneville; her grandson, Bruce Hall, Jr. and wife, Mandy of Eden; brother, Billy Turner and wife, Marion of Tampa, FL; sister-in-law, Frances Crowder; great-grandchildren, Justin and Sage Hall, Meagan Cobb, Tyler Shropshire and wife, Cesalea, Sydney and Brandon Shropshire; great-great-grandchildren, Aiden, Brantley and Corbin Shropshire; and several special nieces and nephews that she loved very much.

Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by brother, Jimmy Turner and her sister, Evelyn Crow.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Freedom Baptist Church; 471 Stone Rd, Reidsville, NC  27320.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com