ouida (cunningham) smitherman
Ouida Cunningham Smitherman, 66,
of Selma, died Thursday, April 13, in a local hospital. Services will
be at 1 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church on Lauderdale Street with
Dr. N.H. McCrummen and Dr. John Fain officiating. Graveside services
will follow in New Live Oak Cemetery, with Lawrence Funeral Home
directing.
Mrs. Smitherman was a native of Selma. An honor graduate of Albert G. Parrish High School and Wallace Community College Selma, she received her bachelor of science degree cum laude from Judson College in 1977.
A lifelong member of First Baptist Church, she was a member of the Women's Missionary Union and the Mary Martha Sunday School Class. She was also active in the Selma Garden Club.
Survivors include her husband, Joseph T. Smitherman; two sons, Joseph Thomas Smitherman Jr. of Fairhope and Stephen G. Smitherman of Selma; a daughter, Ouida Dianne Smitherman of Birmingham; a sister, Elsie Cunningham Holland of Mobile; and a brother, James G. Cunningham of Hilo, Hawaii.
She is also survived by six grandchildren; Suzanne Grace Smitherman, Summer Dawn Smitherman, Joanna Nicole Smitherman, and Stephanie Aaron Smitherman, all of Selma, and Lucy Tylee Smitherman and Thomas Harrison Smitherman of Williamsburg, Va.; a daughter-in- law, Erika Smitherman, a sister-in- law, Gertrude Cunningham, both of Selma; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Smitherman was preceded in death by her sister, Mildred Cunningham Weatherbee of Selma, and her brothers William Edward Cunningham, Douglas Earl Cunningham and Ralph Thomas Cunningham.
Pallbearers will be her nephews, Ronald Cunningham of New Orleans, Duane Cunningham of Tuscaloosa, Douglas E. Cunningham Jr. of Mobile, Alan- Cunningham of Dallas, Texas, and H. Henry Harris, Sam Smitherman Jr. and Jack Smitherman of Selma.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Caldwell DeBardeleben and Larry D. Striplin Jr.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Memorial Fund of First Baptist Church on Lauderdale Street in Selma.
Mrs. Smitherman was a native of Selma. An honor graduate of Albert G. Parrish High School and Wallace Community College Selma, she received her bachelor of science degree cum laude from Judson College in 1977.
A lifelong member of First Baptist Church, she was a member of the Women's Missionary Union and the Mary Martha Sunday School Class. She was also active in the Selma Garden Club.
Survivors include her husband, Joseph T. Smitherman; two sons, Joseph Thomas Smitherman Jr. of Fairhope and Stephen G. Smitherman of Selma; a daughter, Ouida Dianne Smitherman of Birmingham; a sister, Elsie Cunningham Holland of Mobile; and a brother, James G. Cunningham of Hilo, Hawaii.
She is also survived by six grandchildren; Suzanne Grace Smitherman, Summer Dawn Smitherman, Joanna Nicole Smitherman, and Stephanie Aaron Smitherman, all of Selma, and Lucy Tylee Smitherman and Thomas Harrison Smitherman of Williamsburg, Va.; a daughter-in- law, Erika Smitherman, a sister-in- law, Gertrude Cunningham, both of Selma; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Smitherman was preceded in death by her sister, Mildred Cunningham Weatherbee of Selma, and her brothers William Edward Cunningham, Douglas Earl Cunningham and Ralph Thomas Cunningham.
Pallbearers will be her nephews, Ronald Cunningham of New Orleans, Duane Cunningham of Tuscaloosa, Douglas E. Cunningham Jr. of Mobile, Alan- Cunningham of Dallas, Texas, and H. Henry Harris, Sam Smitherman Jr. and Jack Smitherman of Selma.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Caldwell DeBardeleben and Larry D. Striplin Jr.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Memorial Fund of First Baptist Church on Lauderdale Street in Selma.