sarah alforado "Rado" smitherman
Mrs. Rado Smitherman Lawrence of
Centreville, Ala., passed away at 4:40 Sunday morning, Dec. 11, 1955,
at the Selma Baptist Hospital where she had been a patient since
Tuesday, December 6th.
Mrs. Lawrence was the daughter of David Lloyd and Susan Scott Smitherman and the widow of James Robert Brand Lawrence who preceded her in death only two months and ten days. She was 75 years of age and had been in bad health for many years. Mrs. Law- rence had been a resident of Brent and Centreville for 26 years.
Surviving are her seven children: Mrs. Jimmie Nix, Jr., Centreville, Ala., Mr. Charles Lawrence, Tallassee, Ala., Mr. Preston Lawrence of Tuscaloosa, Ala.. Mrs. E. D. Reason, Alhambra, California, Mrs. A. E. Bass, Pensacola, Fla., Mr. Gaston Lawrence of Brent, Ala., and Miss Roberta Lawrence of Austell, Ga. Two sisters also survive: Mrs. Althea Jackson, Oklahoma City and Mrs. A. E. Hayes, Centreville, Ala. Two brothers: Mr. Morgan Smitherman, Birmingham, Ala., and Mr. Robert Smitherman of Orlando, Fla., (Mr. Robert Smitherman being a twin brother).
Funeral services were held from the Brent Methodist Church of which she was a member. Mr. Devry Stovall was pianist. Interment in Pineland Memorial Park with Collins Funeral Service in charge. A host of relatives and friends attended the final rites. Sympathy is extended the loved ones.
Mrs. Lawrence was the daughter of David Lloyd and Susan Scott Smitherman and the widow of James Robert Brand Lawrence who preceded her in death only two months and ten days. She was 75 years of age and had been in bad health for many years. Mrs. Law- rence had been a resident of Brent and Centreville for 26 years.
Surviving are her seven children: Mrs. Jimmie Nix, Jr., Centreville, Ala., Mr. Charles Lawrence, Tallassee, Ala., Mr. Preston Lawrence of Tuscaloosa, Ala.. Mrs. E. D. Reason, Alhambra, California, Mrs. A. E. Bass, Pensacola, Fla., Mr. Gaston Lawrence of Brent, Ala., and Miss Roberta Lawrence of Austell, Ga. Two sisters also survive: Mrs. Althea Jackson, Oklahoma City and Mrs. A. E. Hayes, Centreville, Ala. Two brothers: Mr. Morgan Smitherman, Birmingham, Ala., and Mr. Robert Smitherman of Orlando, Fla., (Mr. Robert Smitherman being a twin brother).
Funeral services were held from the Brent Methodist Church of which she was a member. Mr. Devry Stovall was pianist. Interment in Pineland Memorial Park with Collins Funeral Service in charge. A host of relatives and friends attended the final rites. Sympathy is extended the loved ones.