Shirley Mae Smith, 72, of Prince Frederick, MD passed away on April 26, 2011 in Prince Frederick, MD. She was born January 8, 1939 in Brezzy Point, MD to the late Thomas Ramsey and Katherine E. Gott.

Besides her parents, Shirley is predeceased by sisters Margaret A. Cole and Betty L. Cochrane.

Shirley was a caring person who not only worked as a care giver in group homes and at Calvert Pines for the elderly, she loved helping and providing personal and professional care to those in need. That caring personality carried over to her passion for her flowers and house plants.

Shirley is survived by her daughter, Linda Lou Dean of Lusby, MD and her son William Leroy Smith of Lexington Park, MD. Grandmother of William Bartron, Dennis Bartron, Brian Bartron, Kansas Marie Elizabeth Smith,and Brittian L. Currie, great grandmother of six, she is also survived by her brother, Mansfield James Gott of Merritt Island FL. and sister Mary L. Stinnett of Prince Frederick, MD.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday May 4, 2011, from 10- 11 AM at the Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, MD where services will follow at 11 A.M. Interment will be in Emmanuel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Huntingtown MD.

Arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., Port Republic, MD.