Born June 17, 1925 in West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Sheridan and Julia Balwdin Gibbs. Erma was retired from Veterans Memorial Hospital.
She is survived by a son, Robert (Barbara) Smith; four grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Smith; a son, Eugene Smith; one grandson Dallas Smith; one sister, Alma and three brothers, June, Bill and Gerald.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, May 15, 2017 at Ewing-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor Loren Seibold officiating. Burial will be in the Hemlock Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m. at Ewing-Schwarzel Funeral Home. Friends are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at ewingfuneralhome.net.