Rudell Smith Dalton

March 14, 1925 - May 1, 2020

Rudell Smith Dalton, 95, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2020, at North Pointe of Mayodan. An 11:00 a.m. limited graveside service will be held on Monday, May 4, 2020, at Glenn’s Chapel Church Cemetery with Pastor Bruce Martin officiating. Mrs. Dalton will lie in state at Ray Funeral Home on Sunday, May 3, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. A Rockingham County native, Mrs. Dalton was born on March 14, 1925, to the late John Henry and Dolly May Gann Smith. She was a member of Stoneville Pentecostal Holiness Church and loved her Lord and Savior and her family. She was a wonderful cook; loved her flowers, gardening, canning and freezing. She would always say “it’s better than a snowball”. Mama was the glue that held the family together and loved the times that the sisters would get together in the mountains and reminisce of the days of long ago when they were growing up. She was loved by so many and never met a stranger. She was President of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Mayodan Pentecostal Holiness Church for many years and also sang in the choir. She will be missed and was truly loved. Mama had a saying “what goes around comes around”. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James “Jim” Dalton; a daughter, Marla Dalton Fritts; grandson, Jerry W. Moore, II; brother, James Calvin Smith and sisters, Mittie Mason, Ann Kelly and Mary Fulcher, son-in-law, Nello T. Martin. She is survived by her daughters, Marsha Osborne and husband, Mike, of Mt. Airy and Marie Martin of Sandy Ridge; sister, Virginia Boyd of Greensboro; grandchildren, Kimberly Manuel, Jeffrey Martin, Jennifer Pauley, Kristi Flippin, Tracy Robinson and Leah Marley; great-grandchildren Karla Runde, J.J. Martin, Sage Martin, Kinston, Kinzi and Kindal Flippin, Justin and Jade Britt, Dailon Marley, Sadie Robinson and Victoria Faye Moore; great-great grandchildren, Kelsey Runde and Xander Cummings and many nieces and nephews. Thanks to North Pointe of Mayodan and Hospice of Burlington for their care for Mrs. Dalton. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Home of Rockingham County, PO Box 281, Wentworth, NC 27375. Ray Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Rudell Dalton and all are invited to share memories or offer condolences at www.rayfuneralhome.com.