donna faye (carden) smitherman
Donna Faye Carden Smitherman, age 81, went to be with her Heavenly Father on January 28, 2025.
A visitation will be held Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, at Bolton Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held the next day on February 3, 2025, at 2:00 PM. at Bolton Funeral Home, with a committal service following at Shelby Memory Gardens. Brother William Snider will be presiding.
Donna was the daughter of the late James Edgar Carden and Ethel Vanderslice Carden. She grew up in the Saginaw community and graduated from Thompson High School in 1961, going on to attend the University of Montevallo and graduated from the Samford School of Pharmacy in 1966. She had two sons, Chris and Jeff, that she loved beyond measure. She opened Smitherman's Pharmacy in 1970, serving the Calera community as a pharmacist for more than 38 years. She later worked for CVS Pharmacy until she retired in 2018. She additionally worked as a Real Estate Broker and was co-owner of her own real estate company.
Donna gave her life to her Savior, Jesus Christ, as a teenager. She was a member of Concord Baptist Church and served from the late 1970's until the late 2000's as a Sunday School Teacher at several churches. Her influence on the lives of many of her students serves as a lasting testament to the love that she had for the Lord.
Donna is preceded in death by her parents: James & Ethel Carden.
Donna is survived by her brother: Alton Eugene Carden (Lucretia); her sister: Rhonda Kay Carden Pickett (Delwyn); her sons: Chris Smitherman and Jeff Smitherman (Kathlene); her beloved granddaughter: Janey Smitherman; her nephew: Richard "Ricky" Carden; her niece: Rachel Pickett Miller (Joe); and her great nephew and nieces: JJ, Anna Caroline, and Eva Grace Miller. She additionally leaves behind many other loved ones, family, friends and associates.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her behalf to the Active Bible Methodist Church in Lawley, AL.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
A visitation will be held Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, at Bolton Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held the next day on February 3, 2025, at 2:00 PM. at Bolton Funeral Home, with a committal service following at Shelby Memory Gardens. Brother William Snider will be presiding.
Donna was the daughter of the late James Edgar Carden and Ethel Vanderslice Carden. She grew up in the Saginaw community and graduated from Thompson High School in 1961, going on to attend the University of Montevallo and graduated from the Samford School of Pharmacy in 1966. She had two sons, Chris and Jeff, that she loved beyond measure. She opened Smitherman's Pharmacy in 1970, serving the Calera community as a pharmacist for more than 38 years. She later worked for CVS Pharmacy until she retired in 2018. She additionally worked as a Real Estate Broker and was co-owner of her own real estate company.
Donna gave her life to her Savior, Jesus Christ, as a teenager. She was a member of Concord Baptist Church and served from the late 1970's until the late 2000's as a Sunday School Teacher at several churches. Her influence on the lives of many of her students serves as a lasting testament to the love that she had for the Lord.
Donna is preceded in death by her parents: James & Ethel Carden.
Donna is survived by her brother: Alton Eugene Carden (Lucretia); her sister: Rhonda Kay Carden Pickett (Delwyn); her sons: Chris Smitherman and Jeff Smitherman (Kathlene); her beloved granddaughter: Janey Smitherman; her nephew: Richard "Ricky" Carden; her niece: Rachel Pickett Miller (Joe); and her great nephew and nieces: JJ, Anna Caroline, and Eva Grace Miller. She additionally leaves behind many other loved ones, family, friends and associates.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her behalf to the Active Bible Methodist Church in Lawley, AL.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.