Mrs. Debbie JoAnn Smart

October 25, 1956 - August 28, 2017

Mrs. Deborah “Debbie” JoAnn Ginn Smart, 60, of Athens, GA passed away on August 28, 2017, at the Kindred Hospice Inpatient Unit at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA. Mrs. Smart was born in Atlanta, GA on October 25, 1956, daughter of the late Joe Edgar Ginn and the late Betty Hanley Ginn. She was a labor and delivery nurse having worked at the Shallowford Dunwoody Hospital in Atlanta. Survivors include her husband, Roger Dean Smart; daughter and son-in-law, Heather Falany and David Anderson of Athens; and sister, Faye Greenway of Flowery Branch, GA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Marlene Hodge. A memorial service for Mrs. Smart will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 3, 2017, in the Pruitt Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends at Pruitt Funeral Home from 1:00 p.m. until memorial service hour on Sunday afternoon. The family is at their respective homes. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the animal shelter of one’s choice. Pruitt Funeral Home in Royston, GA is in charge of arrangements.