| Flora Smith | |
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| Birth: | 21 April 1909 Shawlands, Scotland, UK |
| Death: | 3 August 2018 Bearsden, Scotland, UK |
| Age: | 109 years, 104 days |
| Country: |  UK
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| Centenarian | |
Flora Russell Smith (née McMurtrie; 21 April 1909 – 3 August 2018) was a British centenarian who was the oldest living woman in Scotland at the time of her death. She had been the oldest living woman in Scotland since the death of Katie Anderson on 4 June 2017.
Biography[]
Flora Smith was born in Shawlands on 21 April 1909. She was the eldest of three daughters of Archie and Flora McMurtrie (née Russell). Her grandfather, John Russell, was a timber merchant.
Smith's grandmother often took her to worship services at Glasgow Cathedral when she was young. This habit stayed with her throughout her life. She served as a volunteer guide for the building until she was in her nineties.
At school, Smith excelled in sports, notably hockey.
After finishing school, she was employed by the company Weirs of Cathcart. She worked first as a secretary in the Marine Engineering Department, and then as assistant to the head of publicity.
Smith also worked as a Sunday School teacher for ten years, beginning in 1927.
She married Alexander Douglas Smith in Glasgow Cathedral in 1948. The couple moved to Jordanhill where Smith's first son - Alastair - was born.
After ten years in Jordanhill, the family moved to Steward Drive in Clarkston. There Smith joined the local tennis club, and regularly attended church congregations at the local church, Williamwood.
Alexander died in 1998 after 50 years of marriage. After his death, Smith moved to a flat in Netherlee.
Smith celebrated her 100th birthday in 2009 in Pollokshields Burgh Hall. In 2010, Smith sponsored a concert to raise funds for Williamwood Church. She was also the person who suggested 'Inspire' as the title of the church newsletter.
Smith lived on her own until, at age 105, she moved into Antonine House Care Home in Bearsden.
Smith died on 3 August 2018. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living person in Scotland behind Alf Smith. Her successor as Scotland's oldest woman was then-108-year-old Marjorie Burton.