nannie j (jackson) smitherman

FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR MRS. J. T. SMITHERMAN

Funeral services for Mrs. J. T. Smitherman, were held Monday af- ternoon at two o'clock at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Bibb County. The Rev. J. T. Martin, Rev. J. E. Lovelady and Rev. Lockheart offi- ciating. She was a devoted wife and a wonderful mother.
Her vacancy here we know can never be filled. How we are going to miss her oh so very, very much. We also know our loss is heaven's gain. Since her going, heaven seems brighter and closer since we know she is there. She was such a beautiful Christian. To know her was to love her. She had a host of friends and loved ones who remember her sweet never failing thoughtfulness of them. She was 74 years old, is survived by her husband, J. T. Smitherman; one son, Odie Smitherman, Bessemer; one daughter, Mrs. Emmett Waldrop, Siluria; two grand- children, Emmett Waldrop Jr., Dot Smitherman; one sister, Mrs. Vick Smitherman, Tuscaloosa; three brothers, Luther Jackson, Randolph, Forest Jackson, Centerville, Dr. J. W. Jackson, Hueytown, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Interment Shady Grove Cemetery, Walton-Bolton directing.
-One who loved her