Margaret Elizabeth Smith was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. After an almost two-year battle with Pancreatic Cancer, she was called home to be with the Lord, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

Affectionately known as Moy, Morgie, Mags and Magee, Margaret was born on May 30, 1961, to Shirley Walter Clay and Jane Cornelius (Bell) Clay in Leesburg, VA, and was the youngest of nine children. Before moving to Sterling, VA, the family lived in Herndon, VA off Foxmill Rd. She attended Sterling Elementary, Sterling Middle School and graduated from Broad Run High School in 1980. Margaret was a member of Floris Baptist Church in Herndon, VA and a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Sterling, VA.

After graduating, Margaret helped her father for a brief time cleaning the laundromat in Herndon, VA before working at Metro Printing and Mailing from 1980-1987. Mercury Air Freight for many years before moving to Strategic Marketing/Imex for several years until her departure 2003. After a brief period of staying home to care for her children, she began working for Belfort Furniture in 2005 until December 2020 when she was unable to return to work due to her diagnosis.

In 1986, she met Kenny Smith of Clifton, VA and became engaged and married in 1987. From that union came their three children: Tashia ('88), Kenny Jr ('90) and Marcus ('93). The family resided in Manassas and Reston, VA before moving to Sterling where they continued to live. During their time in Sterling, she became a surrogate mother to many of the children in the community. If you asked her how many children she had, she would list the children she birthed and continue with her other "children."

Margaret's favorite thing was to be with family. She loved attending and hosting cookouts and her pride & joy was the annual Christmas Eve Party. She loved when the house was full of people, and she loved when all her nieces and nephews would visit her. She was everyone's favorite and everyone loved Aunt Morgie.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, Shirley and Jane Clay, her brothers, Shirley Clay, Jr and Joseph Clay and two sisters, Betty Dickerson, and Joyce Clay. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth L. Smith, Sr. Her three children; Tashia M. Smith of Sterling, VA, Kenneth L. Smith, Jr. (Rachel), of Lancaster, PA, and Marcus A. Smith of Sterling and a granddaughter, Raina Mae Smith. One brother, James Clay (Savath) of Sterling and four sisters, Catherine Jones (Richard) of Sterling, Rebecca (Chris) Bellamy of Sterling, Barbara (Ervin) Tates of Bluemont, VA and Pamela Shade of Ashburn, VA. She also leaves in a love, a host of nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews, cousins.

God Bless You
From the Smith Family

Topic: Margaret Smith Viewing and Service

Time: Jul 2, 2022 09:50 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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