Obituary Notice Essie Hamm Gue Smith
Essie Gue Smith (1931-2009)
Essie Gue Smith, 77, of Kenova, passed away Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, in the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington. 

Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 1, 1931, to the late Robert Preston and Sarah Emma Hyatt Hamm in Greenup, Ky. Mrs Smith was a retired custodian for the Wayne County Board of Education and a minister for Pentecostal Tabernacle.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husbands, Roy Gue and Clyde Smith; four brothers, Lorren Hamm, Arvil Glenn Hamm, Elmer Hamm and Granville Preston Hamm; and two sisters, Maggie Elswick and Anna Mytle Scroggins.

She is survived by two daughters, Patty (Charles) Bryant of Kenova and Sharon (Carl) Smith of Catlettsburg; two sons, Rick (Aimee) Gue of Huntington and Billy (Angie) Gue of Kenova; a brother, Oval Hamm; a sister, Dorothy Cox; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, at Ceredo-Kenova Funeral Home with J.R. Ferguson officiating. Burial will be in Docks Creek Cemetery in Kenova.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.