Attended with class of 1916

Birth: 1 Mar 1896, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 12 Apr 1985, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Parents:
Watson Fielding Smith (1862-1935)
Mary Lula Patterson Smith (1861-1939)

Siblings:
Amanda Adams Smith Craven (1890-1965)
Margaret Smith Burn (1891-1963)
Mary Euphemia Smith Clark (1893-1958)
Cora Geneva Smith Brantley (1894-1980)
Anne Louise Smith (1898-1978)
Thomas Julian Smith (1900-1981)
Joseph Newton Smith (1904-1964)

Spouse: Otto Bradley Mabry (1892-1974)

Children:
Lula Patterson Mabry Bell (1926-2007)
Elizabeth Mabry Williams (1928-2001)
Virginia “Jenny” Bradley Mabry Burns (1937-2006)

Burial: Norwood Cemetery, Norwood, Stanly County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #80346817.

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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), 23 Jun 1925.

MISS ELIZABETH SMITH WEDS OTTO BRADLEY MABRY
Marriage Took Place at High Noon Saturday at Historic Church Near Mooresville.

Miss Elizabeth Smith and Mr. Otto Bradley Mabry were wedded at high noon Saturday at historic Coddle Creek church, near Mooresville. Rev. I.N. Kennedy officiating.

The vows were spoken before an improvised altar of lighted tapers and sweet peas against a background of cedar.

The music was rendered by Miss Mary Kesteler, who played the bridal chorus from Lohengrin as the party entered and Mendelssohn’s march as the recessional.

Prior to the ceremony Miss Eva Craven sang, “If God Left Only You,” and “Because.”

The ushers were Messrs. Thomas and Joe Smith, brothers of he bride, Clyde Mabry, brother of the Groom, and Dr. E. S. Clark.

The bridesmaids were Misses Lucile Cline and Winona Smith, owned in pink georgette with orchid hats; Misses Kate Lowder and Mary Bernhardt, owned in green georgette with orchid hats. They all carried baskets of snapdragons and swansonias.

Miss Louise Smith, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore pondre blue chiffon and carried an arm bouquet of sweetheart roses.

Barbara Craven and Louise Bell, nieces of bride, were flower girls. They wore green frocks over pink satin and carried baskets of sweet peas.

Douglass Clark, nephew of the bride, wearing a white satin suit, carried the ring on a white satin pillow.

The bride entered with her father, who gave her in marriage. She was lovely in an ensemble suit of sonora flat crepe with trimmings of purple and gold, and carrying bride roses and valley lillies. She was met at the altar by the groom, who entered from the right with his best man, Dr. C. L. Guion.

Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Mabry left for a trip to the western part of the state. On their return they will be at home at Norwood, N. C.

The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smith, was educated at Mt. Amoena seminary and N. C. C. W. and has taught for several years in the state.

Since the announcement of her engagement she has been the recipient of a number of parties.

The groom, who is a veteran of the world war, is at present engaged in the mercantile business and is on of Norwood’s prominent citizens. He is held in high regard by his many friends.

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Stanly News and Press (Albemarle, NC), 16 Apr 1985, p. 3

Elizabeth Mabry

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Mabry, 89, of Pee Dee Avenue, Albemarle, a retired elementary school teacher, were conducted at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in First United Methodist Church of Norwood, where she was member. Rev. Clyde Penry, pastor, and Rev. I. Pressley Rutledge, former pastor, officiated and interment was in Norwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Mabry died early Friday morning in Cabarrus Nursing Center in Concord. Born in Iredell County on March 1, 1896, she was the daughter of the late Watson Fielding and Lula Patterson Smith and attended Mont Amoena Seminary in Mount Pleasant, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and at Chapel Hill. She was a charter member of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at her church.

Her husband, Otto Bradley Mabrdy, preceded her in death April 15, 1974.

Her survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Lula M. Bell of Arlington Heights, Illinois, Mrs. Libby Williams of Laurinburg and Mrs. Jenny Burris of Charlotte; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Raymond Skidmore, Tommy Skidmore, C. J. Clayton, Robert Lowder, Harold Brantley and Bill Weisner.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, Norwood.