

This support will go directly to Nita’s family and we will ensure they receive every outpouring of support during this brutal time of year for this family.

The page continues, “We are asking for your support to assist with funeral expenses and beyond with consideration for things associated with care and contingency plans for the six children Nita leaves behind. Six young children lost their mother in the height of the holiday season, and it will be unimaginable to deliver this news and bear the brunt of financial obligations among other things.” After burying their aunt, 10 days ago, this family has to deal with immeasurable pain. “We are heartbroken, and trying to find ways to process this as the pain hits extra hard as it happens during the same time of year when we are reminded that our beloved, Sage Smith, disappeared not to return as of nine years ago this week. “A day before Thanksgiving, we had to face the devastating news that our sister and friend, Nita, was taken from us in a senseless, unspeakable tragedy,” it reads. Watch over US baby FLY HIGH 😢 RIP AUNTIE.”Īccording to NBC29, she was reported missing on November 19, 2021, after last being seen in Charlottesville on November 14.Ī GoFundMe page to help Smith’s family says she was also called Nita and indicates she was not the first member of the family to go missing. Shakira Washington wrote on Facebook in November, “Didn’t want to hear this before the holidays definitely gone way back you watched me grow up and bond with SAGE & the family like no other me & you use to have so much fun GOING OUT, Taking night rides in grandma car 😂 just to get yelled at went to clubs cried together laughed together mad at eachother but it was always Love sending my condolences 💐 to the WHOLE FAMILY I love you with all my heart …. Tonita Lorice Smith was also called Nita.
