Edna Ruth Smith, 72, of Bowling Green, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018 in Flint, Michigan. She was born in Searcy, Arkansas on August 18, 1946. She came to Wauchula from Michigan in 1973. Edna was a manager for Gilliard's Group Home for many years. She was a Christian.

Edna loved to be outdoors. She especially loved to be on the water, whether on the houseboat, fishing, or just at the beach. She loved her family and friends and never met a stranger. She will be missed by so many.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Don Smith; sons, Alan Ackley and Bobby Ackley; mother, Auda Campbell; father, Neil Adcox; sisters, Hazel Youngblood, Pat Edwards, and Margaret Miller; brothers, Robert Adcox and Roy Adcox.

Edna is survived by two sons, Michael (Becky) Swearingen and Terry (Lynn) Swearingen, all of Bowling Green; sisters, June (Odell) Burks of Missouri and Linda Nichols of Winter Haven; brothers, John (Kathy) Adcox, Junior Campbell and Kenny Campbell (Lisa), all of Michigan; eight grandchildren, Daniel (Elizabeth) Beckman of Auburndale, Darla (Billy) Evans of Wauchula, Michael Daniel Swearingen of Bowling Green, Bobby Ackley II of Wauchula, Brian Swearingen of Wauchula, Summer (TJ) Hall of Wauchula, Brandi (Trey) Strickland of Bowling Green and Christina Blackwell of Sebring; 12 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held at Robarts Garden Chapel on Saturday, September 29, 2018 fro, 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM, with funeral services at 2:00 PM. Burial is at Bowling Green Cemetery. Mike Graham of Real Life Church will officiate.