Obituary of Eleanor "Sis" Smith

Obituary of Eleanor Lee “Sis” Roberts (Hilton) Smith 79, wife of Henry Clay Smith, Jr. passed away peacefully in her sleep at home, on November 25, 2021. Eleanor was born in Lexington on November 30, 1941 to the late Clarence Alfred Roberts and Julia Ellen Etherington Roberts. Eleanor attended Pickstown, SD, Norwood-Norfolk, NY, and Versailles, KY High Schools and then entered the University of KY for three semesters at the age of 16. She was very active in cheerleading, baton twirling, gymnastics, swimming & a member of the National Honor Society to include the Librarian of the Historical Society. She went to work in the accounting department of Texas Instruments for six years and then became a legal secretary for fourteen years. Owned a franchised Radio Shack in Versailles, KY for five years then she went back to college at night while working at KLN in Frankfort, KY and achieved an associate degree in Business Management. Her degree earned her a Business Management position at the Association for College University Telecommunication Administrators (ACUTA) until her retirement at the age of sixty-two.

She belonged to and held several offices in clubs that included Eastern Star and the Rotary Club of Frankfort, The Business & Professional Women’s Club of Versailles, the Rotary Club of Frankfort, Women’s Sewing Club, Baton Twirling Young Girls Club, a board member of the Woodford Christian Church for four years, a Girl Scout Troop Leader and a Kentucky Colonel.

She is survived by a daughter Dawn Marie Hilton (Alan, deceased) Reed, Versailles, KY, a son Brian Earl Hilton, Frankfort, KY, three brothers David Allen Roberts, White House, TN, Kenneth Charles (Billie) Roberts, Versailles, KY, Glynn Ervin (Melissa) Roberts, Lawrenceburg, KY, several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Henry Clay Smith, Jr., mother Julia Etherington Roberts, father Clarence Alfred Roberts and one brother Dale Roberts.

Visitation will be held at Clark Funeral Home, 241 Rose Hill Ave, Versailles, KY 40383 on November 29, 2021 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm with Graveside Service immediately following at Versailles Cemetery. Pallbearers & honorary pallbearers will be Brian Hilton, Tom Richardson, David A. Roberts, Kenneth C. Roberts, Glynn E. Roberts, Rick Deaton, Michele Y. Deaton, and Stu Brown.