Phyllis Jean Corbin Smith, 68, of Burkesville, Ky., died at her residence in Burkesville on Thursday, February 16, 2006.

She was born in Berkeley Springs on November 30, 1937, the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Shade Corbin.

She was a current member of the Burkesville City Council, a former owner of Lusada’s Florist, protocol officer -- National Defense University, a member of the Red Hat Society, active in the Cumberland River Festival and other civic affairs, and member of the tourism committee of the Burkesville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce.

She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church.

She is survived by her husband, retired Major General Paul T. Smith, Burkesville; one son, Thomas C. Hoffman, Waxahachie, Texas; one daughter, Mary K. Smith, Golden, Colorado; two sisters, Eileen Barnhart and Irene McFadden, both of West Virginia; grandchildren, Specialist Sidney T. Hoffman, Private Matthew T. Hoffman, Corbin L. Smith and Emery K. Smith.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by one brother, David Corbin, and four sisters, Ruth Sipes, Alta “Peggy” Phillips, Mary Ellen Fox and Nancy Corbin.

Funeral services were held Sunday, February 19, in Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home, Burkesville, with Father Larry Gelthaus officiating. Burial was in Burkesville Cemetery.

Obituary from The Morgan Messenger, February 22, 2006.