lillian (barret) smitherman
SHREVEPORT, LA Services for
Lillian Barret Smitherman are scheduled for Wednesday, October 19 in
the chapel of First Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. with Dr. John B.
Rogers, Sr., minister, officiating. Interment will be at Forest Park
Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday morning from 9 until 11 a.m. at
Osborn Funeral Home.
Mrs. Smitherman was born in Shreveport on July 29, 1902 and died at Highland Hospital Monday, October 17 after a lengthy illness.
She was a lifelong resident of Shreveport, the daughter of Thomas Charles and Lillian Hollingsworth Barret. Her family was long involved in the life of this community. Both maternal and paternal grandparents, the James M. Hollingsworths and the William W. Barrets came to Shreveport at the end of the Civil War. Her father was a Louisiana State Senator for 12 years prior to serving as Lt. Governor from 1912 to 1916.
She was educated at Columbia Institute in Sewanee, Tennessee, and at Mrs. Semple's School in New York City. She married the late Robert Green Smitherman, November 19, 1924.
Mrs. Smitherman was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a longtime member of the Woman's Dept. Club. She served as an advisor to Chi Omega Sorority at Centenary College. She opened her home for the Chi Omega Christmas Tour of Homes in December of 1952. She was an incorporator of the corporation in the organization of the Demoiselle Club and served as Demoiselle Ball Chairman in 1951. Mrs. Smitherman was actively involved in the early days of Holiday-In-Dixie and served as Cotillion Coordinator in 1955 and as Cotillion Duchess Chairman in 1962.
She was an avid horsewoman and showed both gaited and fine harness horses. She was named an honorary member of the Junior League of Shreveport for her assistance in organizing the Junior League Charity Horse Shows. She served on the Board of the Hepzebah Home during the World War II years and worked with adoption placements. She was a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Louisiana.
Mrs. Smitherman was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Smitherman and three brothers, Carl, Hollingsworth and William Barret. She is survived by two daughters, Gloria S. Cady and Mellicent S. Pittman both of Shreveport; seven grandchildren, William Michael and Robert W. Cady of Shreveport, Susan C. Baker of Lexington, Kentucky, Kathleen P. Bailey, Elizabeth P. Jones and Carol P. Pilgreen of Shreveport, Stephen D. Pittman of Baton Rouge and nine great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law survive, Lola Belle H. Barret of Shreveport and Eleanor S. Mather of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Michael Cady and Stephen Pittman; grandsons-in-law, Sherwood Bailey, Keith Jones and Mark Pilgreen; and great-nephew, Robert E. Smitherman. Memorials may be given to First Presbyterian Church or a charity of the donors choice.
Osborn Funeral Home
865-8426
Mrs. Smitherman was born in Shreveport on July 29, 1902 and died at Highland Hospital Monday, October 17 after a lengthy illness.
She was a lifelong resident of Shreveport, the daughter of Thomas Charles and Lillian Hollingsworth Barret. Her family was long involved in the life of this community. Both maternal and paternal grandparents, the James M. Hollingsworths and the William W. Barrets came to Shreveport at the end of the Civil War. Her father was a Louisiana State Senator for 12 years prior to serving as Lt. Governor from 1912 to 1916.
She was educated at Columbia Institute in Sewanee, Tennessee, and at Mrs. Semple's School in New York City. She married the late Robert Green Smitherman, November 19, 1924.
Mrs. Smitherman was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a longtime member of the Woman's Dept. Club. She served as an advisor to Chi Omega Sorority at Centenary College. She opened her home for the Chi Omega Christmas Tour of Homes in December of 1952. She was an incorporator of the corporation in the organization of the Demoiselle Club and served as Demoiselle Ball Chairman in 1951. Mrs. Smitherman was actively involved in the early days of Holiday-In-Dixie and served as Cotillion Coordinator in 1955 and as Cotillion Duchess Chairman in 1962.
She was an avid horsewoman and showed both gaited and fine harness horses. She was named an honorary member of the Junior League of Shreveport for her assistance in organizing the Junior League Charity Horse Shows. She served on the Board of the Hepzebah Home during the World War II years and worked with adoption placements. She was a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Louisiana.
Mrs. Smitherman was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Smitherman and three brothers, Carl, Hollingsworth and William Barret. She is survived by two daughters, Gloria S. Cady and Mellicent S. Pittman both of Shreveport; seven grandchildren, William Michael and Robert W. Cady of Shreveport, Susan C. Baker of Lexington, Kentucky, Kathleen P. Bailey, Elizabeth P. Jones and Carol P. Pilgreen of Shreveport, Stephen D. Pittman of Baton Rouge and nine great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law survive, Lola Belle H. Barret of Shreveport and Eleanor S. Mather of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Michael Cady and Stephen Pittman; grandsons-in-law, Sherwood Bailey, Keith Jones and Mark Pilgreen; and great-nephew, Robert E. Smitherman. Memorials may be given to First Presbyterian Church or a charity of the donors choice.
Osborn Funeral Home
865-8426