Carol Ann Hornsby Smith, 78, passed away peacefully on November 1, 2024, at the

Harbor View Cottage of The Lincoln Home in Newcastle, Maine following a lengthy

struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease.

The oldest of three children, Carol Ann was born on November 2, 1945 in Newport

News, Virginia to Charles White Hornsby and Gertrude Elizabeth (Pearce) Hornsby.

She grew up in an extended family in the Virginia Tidewater area, consisting of her

father, mother, step-mother Rebecca Boykin Hornsby, two brothers and many Hornsby,

Pearce, and Bowditch aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Carol Ann graduated from Warwick High School in Newport News in 1963. She

continued her education at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia and the

University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, graduating in 1967 with a Bachelor of

Science Degree in Nursing and became a Registered Nurse. She completed additional

nursing education at the Columbia University School of Nursing in New York City and

was employed at the Public Health Department in Atlanta, Georgia and at the Red

Cross Blood Program in Norfolk, Virginia prior to her marriage.

Carol Ann married Marine Captain, Clyde Edward (Ed) Smith, Jr. from Elkhart, Indiana

on December 18, 1976 and partnered with him in raising their two children and

throughout his careers in the Marine Corps and later as a professional forester in many

exciting locations including Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Northern Virginia; Tampa,

Florida; Okinawa, Japan; Albany, Georgia; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee; ultimately

retiring in Waldoboro, Maine. In Okinawa, Carol Ann was employed by the Navy Marine

Corps Relief Society as a visiting nurse.

She was a devoted, mother, wife, and grandmother enjoying fishing and being outdoors

with her husband, children, and grandchildren. As her health declined, she enjoyed

dancing, listening to Willie Nelson, and drawing.

Carol Ann is survived by her husband of nearly 48 years, Ed; two children, Christopher

Lee Smith of Waltham, Massachusetts and Jessica Elizabeth Smith (fiancée, Ken) of

Green Lake, Wisconsin; two brothers, Charles White Hornsby, Jr. (Gail), of Santa Fe,

New Mexico and Douglas Lee Hornsby (Betsy) of Williamsburg, Virginia; three

grandchildren, Nicholas (Nico) Clyde Smith, Matteo (Teo) Robert Smith, and Elenora

(Nora) Catherine Smith of Waltham, Massachusetts; and nephews and nieces of

Virginia, California, and Indiana.

A Celebration of Life is planned for a later date and location.

Memorials may be made as desired by the giver.

Memories and condolences can be shared on the tribute wall.