millie florence (bostick) smitherman

RIDGELAND-Millie Bostic Smitherman, 73, a homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at her daughter's home in Madison.

Services are at 2 p.m. today at Breeland Funeral Home Chapel in Canton with burial in Jessamine Cemetery. Visitation is noon to- day.

Mrs. Smitherman was a Winfield, Ala., native. She lived in Aberdeen before moving to Ridgeland in 1968. She was a charter member of Grace Chapel Baptist Church in Aberdeen.

Survivors include: sons, Michael Smitherman and Walter Smitherman, both of Jackson, and Melvin Smitherman and Ralph Smitherman, both of Ridgeland; daughters, Sarah Roberson of Jackson and Linda Gaughf of Madison; brother, Lester Bostic of Waycross, Ga.; sisters, Hattie Davis of Jackson and Robbie Gillstrap of Winfield, Ala.; and eight grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Central Mississippi, 2600 Insurance Center Drive, Jackson MS 39216, or Mississippi Council of the Blind, P.O. Box 31112, Jack- son MS 39216.