Joy Tarter-Smith, a retired city housing relocation official, died of cancer July 1 at Season's Hospice in Randallstown. The Howard Park resident was 74.
Born Joy Newsome in Washington, she moved to Baltimore and was a 1953 St. Frances Academy graduate. She attended Hampton Institute and earned a bachelor's degree at Morgan State University in 1958.
She worked as a substitute teacher in Baltimore schools before joining the Department of Recreation and Parks in 1961. She was a recreation leader and later became a center director.
In 1969, she joined the Housing Authority of Baltimore City in its relocation division. She retired in 2001 as assistant supervisor to the chief of relocation.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave., where she was a member.
Survivors include a son, Donald Tarter Jr. of Baltimore, and a grandson. Her marriage to Donald Tarter Sr. ended in divorce. Her second husband, George K. Smith, died in 1999.