Karen Hart Smith
May 3, 1969 - January 12, 2022
Karen Hart Smith, age 52, died on Jan. 12, 2022. She was born on May 3, 1969 to Francis X. Hart and Barbara Ann Langenstein. Karen graduated from Franklin County High School and Earlham College in Richmond, IN where she majored in Psychology. She then received a Masters Degree in Social Work from Tulane University. Karen worked for many years as a Social Worker in Mobile, AL and Chattanooga, TN. Raising a family in Cleveland, TN with her husband Darrell made the stresses of such positions manageable. Just before Christmas, 2015 she suffered a traumatic brain injury. Since then, she has resided at Safehaven, a facility for persons with such an injury in Rock Spring GA, operated by the Jimmy Simpson Foundation, Karen is survived by her husband Darrell Smith, son Matt, her parents, sisters Colleen Hart and Bridget Griffith as well as a nephew and three nieces. A Remembrance of Life Service will be held Friday at 5pm at Jim Rush Funeral and Cremation Services Wildwood Ave. Chapel. The family will receive friends from 3 until 5pm Friday at the funeral home. The interment will be held Saturday at 1pm CST at the Eastern Star Cemetery in Sewanee Tennessee with a reception to follow at St. James Church in Midway. The family request that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be made to the Jimmy Simpson Foundation or the American Diabetic Association.
Karen Hart Smith, age 52, died on Jan. 12, 2022. She was born on May 3, 1969 to Francis X. Hart and Barbara Ann Langenstein. Karen graduated from Franklin County High School and Earlham College in Richmond, IN where she majored in Psychology.... View Obituary & Service Information