HER DAUGHTER BETTY KING JUST DIED JANUARY 22, 2011 Dorothy Frances Smothers, 87, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois passed away at 3:11 A.M. on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Mrs. Smothers was born on Saturday, August 11, 1923 in Charleston, Illinois the daughter of the late William & Agnes (Gober) Lane. She married Arthur Hodge in November 1953 and he preceded her in death in October 1979. She married Douglas Smothers on May 27, 1984 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Surviving family members include her husband: Douglas Smothers of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; son: Tom Long and wife Rachel of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; stepson: Bill Horsley and wife Margie of Morley, Missouri; son-in-law: Bill King of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; 2 stepdaughters: Deborah Smith and husband James of Lawrenceville, Illinois and Tracy Brewer and husband Randy of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota; grandchildren: Billy Tom King, Rhonda McDowell, Melody Wilson, Rodney King, Dwayne Long, Sheila Horsley, Jared Smith, Benjamin Smith, Jason Smith and Randall Brewer; 20 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive. Her parents, her first husband: Arthur Hodge, four brothers: Murry, James Robert, Bill Louis and Ulys L. "Mutt" Lane and her daughter: Betty Ann King preceded her in death. Dorothy was a sales lady at the Musgrove Shoe Store in Mt. Vernon, Illinois and was a member of West Salem Trinity United Methodist Church. will be held from 5 to 7:00 P.M. on Friday, January 28, 2011 at Hughey Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. FUNERAL SERVICES: will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, January 29, 2011 at West Salem Trinity United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Reverend Brad Henson will officiate. INTERMENT: Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens in Woodlawn, Illinois. For those who wish, memorials may be given to the West Salem Trinity United Methodist Church and will be accepted at the funeral home or may be mailed to Hughey Funeral Home, P.O. Box 721, Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864.