Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Cherokee, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cherokee/obits/esmith.txt =============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Edna Sterphens ================================================================================= September 1999 Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, aged ninety-six passed away Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frances Tanner, near Cedartown, and the remains were taken Thursday for interment at Salem, Ala., where she had been a member of the Baptist church for about seventy years, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. W. Clinton. She was the mother of ten children, eight of whom are living, Messrs. Tho., Jas. O., George. and John Smith, Mrs. Tanner, Mesdames Sallie Ossup, Faith Slaughter and T. R. Mullinax,---and is also survived by sixty-five grand-children and ninety great-grand children. Twelve of her grandsons served as pall-bearers at her funeral. (Cedartown Standard, January 21, 1926) NOTE: Buried at Salem Baptist Church in Cherokee County, AL.