rachel Narcissus (fitts) smitherman
Mrs. D. B. Smitherman, 92,
affectionately called "Mammy," was called to eternal rest on Saturday,
April 26th, after a brief illness. She was making her home with Mr. and
Mrs. O. C. Narramore, where she has been for a number of years.
She leaves to her children and their children, a great heritage of Christian faith and courage. She has braved life's battles well.
Funeral services were conducted from her dearly beloved Antioch Baptist Church, on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock by the Rev. John T. Martin of Centreville, assisted by the Rev. Forrest Hicks, also of Centreville.
A choir sang "How Firm Foundation;" the Rev. Hicks sang "Angel Band," they were accompanied by Mrs. Robert Jamison at the piano.
Grandsons of the deceased served as Pallbearers. They were: Fitts Smitherman, Birmingham; Hugh Narramore, Montgomery; Ben Narramore, Tuscaloosa; Conrad Smitherman, Tuscaloosa; De- Freeze Langston, Greensboro and David Smitherman of Howard College, Birmingham.
Mrs. Smitherman is survived by eight children, Mrs. Newton Langston, Six Mile; Mrs. O. C. Narramore, Antioch; Mrs. Rhoda Narramore, Montgomery; Burl, Vernon and Roy of Centreville and Lowell of Tuscaloosa.
She is also survived by twenty-four grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and five great- great grandchildren.
Burial was in the Antioch Cemetery where rest the bodies of her husband and one daughter, Mrs. John McCrary, who preceded her in death a number of years.
Collins Funeral Directors were in charge of Interment.
She leaves to her children and their children, a great heritage of Christian faith and courage. She has braved life's battles well.
Funeral services were conducted from her dearly beloved Antioch Baptist Church, on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock by the Rev. John T. Martin of Centreville, assisted by the Rev. Forrest Hicks, also of Centreville.
A choir sang "How Firm Foundation;" the Rev. Hicks sang "Angel Band," they were accompanied by Mrs. Robert Jamison at the piano.
Grandsons of the deceased served as Pallbearers. They were: Fitts Smitherman, Birmingham; Hugh Narramore, Montgomery; Ben Narramore, Tuscaloosa; Conrad Smitherman, Tuscaloosa; De- Freeze Langston, Greensboro and David Smitherman of Howard College, Birmingham.
Mrs. Smitherman is survived by eight children, Mrs. Newton Langston, Six Mile; Mrs. O. C. Narramore, Antioch; Mrs. Rhoda Narramore, Montgomery; Burl, Vernon and Roy of Centreville and Lowell of Tuscaloosa.
She is also survived by twenty-four grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and five great- great grandchildren.
Burial was in the Antioch Cemetery where rest the bodies of her husband and one daughter, Mrs. John McCrary, who preceded her in death a number of years.
Collins Funeral Directors were in charge of Interment.