Marinell T. Smith of Riverhead died on August 24. The former longtime Westhampton resident was 89.
She was born on September 21, 1925, in Clovis, New Mexico, to Pearl Nellie (Jackson) and John W. Thompson.
She was predeceased by her husband, retired Major Joe H. Smith Jr. of the United States Air Force, who died in 2008. She is survived by grandchildren, CandaceJoe Jacobs of Mattituck and KimberlyJoe Jones of Virginia; great-grandchildren, Jonathan and Megan Jacobs; and son-in-law, Robert Reilly of East Moriches. She was predeceased by a daughter, MariJoe Reilly, in 2005.
A burial service took place on Monday, August 31, at 10 a.m. at Calverton National Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.