Enid J. Smith, 88, passed in the early hours of Wednesday, 6 September 2023, following her final confrontation with cancer.
She was born 31 July 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia to the late Alice Thelma Tarte and the late Andrew Charles Tarte II. Her formative youth was in Detroit, Michigan; her teenage and early adult years in the suburbs of Miami, Florida.
Having been widowed with three small children during the early years of the Vietnam conflict, Enid undertook many jobs ranging from aid to Steny Hoyer at the Maryland State Senate in Annapolis, Maryland; to officer on the Prince Georges County Sheriff’s Department; to Office Manager with the Driggs Corporation, Development and Construction. With an increasing awareness of the value of political participation, she ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in 1978. She was a breast cancer survivor from the late 1970’s. Miss Enid is much remembered for puttering around town in her thirty-year-old Jeep.
Enid is survived by three sons, Stephen, Patrick, and Kenneth; five grandchildren: Hillary, William, Andrew, Jayden, and Madison. In addition, she is survived by one great-granddaughter Callisto. She bids her friends fond farewell and joins her husband Capt. Leon Boyd Smith II, USAF; her brother Andrew Charles Tarte III; and her parents beyond the veil.
Family service arrangements will be made at a future date with Arlington Cemetery.
Family and friends are invited to consider donations to the Moore Coalition for Human Care or other local charity.
Online condolences may be made at www.bolesfuneralhome.com
Services entrusted to Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines.
