SALISBURY – Annie Virginia Pepper Smith, 79, died Saturday Dec. 16, 2006 at her residence. She was born March 29, 1936 in Rowan County. Memorial Service: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Lyerly Funeral Home’s James C. Lyerly Chapel. Memorials: Humane Society of Rowan County, 112 W. Innes Street, Salisbury, NC 28144.