Mary Branton Smith Moncrief

Published 2:22 pm Friday, December 26, 2014

Private memorial services for Mary Branton (Smith) Moncrief will be held at a later date. Asheville Area Alternative Funeral and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Moncrief, 74, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Hospice of Rutherford County. She was born in Columbia to George W. and Virgle (Wales) Branton.

She spent her childhood in the south and southwest before settling in Brookhaven. She was an avid gardener who enjoyed spending time with her family and her beloved dog, Alice.

Survivors are her daughters, Georgia Smith Wallace and husband, D.J., of Bostic, North Carolina, Jennifer Smith of Peterborough, New Hampshire, and Emily Smith and husband, John Dean, of Milford, New Hampshire; and her grandchildren, Chase, Ariel and Rachel Wallace, all of Bostic, and Bradey Cummings of Peterborough, New Hampshire.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336 Forest City, NC 28043 (http://hospiceofrutherford.org/donate) or to the Community Pet Center of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 623 Rutherfordton, NC 28139 (www.communitypetcenter.com/donate)

Condolences may be made to the family at www.ashevileareaalternative.com.