bertie mae (barnes) smitherman
PRAIRIE Mrs. Bertie Mae
Barnes Smitherman, 83, died Wednesday at Aberdeen-Monroe County
Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Lann Memorial Funeral
Home in Aberdeen with burial in New Hope Cemetery near Aberdeen. She
was a Baptist.
Mrs. Smitherman, the widow of Prentiss Grady Smitherman, leaves six daughters, Mrs. Marie Burch, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Christine Forrester, all of Prairie, Mrs. Margaret Guest and Mrs. Beatrice Nelson, both of Aberdeen, and Mrs. Patricia Davis of Buhl, Ala.; four sons, Fred Smitherman and Phillip Smitherman, both of Memphis, Robert Smitherman of Aberdeen and Ronnie Smitherman of Prairie; four sisters, Mrs. Ruby Baker, Mrs. Eula Bridges, Mrs. Vera Poss and Mrs. Rainey Poss, all of Prairie, 30 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Mrs. Smitherman, the widow of Prentiss Grady Smitherman, leaves six daughters, Mrs. Marie Burch, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Christine Forrester, all of Prairie, Mrs. Margaret Guest and Mrs. Beatrice Nelson, both of Aberdeen, and Mrs. Patricia Davis of Buhl, Ala.; four sons, Fred Smitherman and Phillip Smitherman, both of Memphis, Robert Smitherman of Aberdeen and Ronnie Smitherman of Prairie; four sisters, Mrs. Ruby Baker, Mrs. Eula Bridges, Mrs. Vera Poss and Mrs. Rainey Poss, all of Prairie, 30 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.