Betty Lou Morrison Sudderth, age 79, resident of Smiths Station, Alabama, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, February 4, 2019. Funeral services are scheduled at Lakewood Hall of Striffler-Hamby, Phenix City, Alabama on Saturday, February 9, 2019, 2 p.m. with Zach Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends prior to the service on Saturday, February 9, 2019 from 1-2 p.m.
Mrs. Sudderth, daughter of the late Monroe Morrison and Lucille Hicks Morrison, was born August 11, 1939 in Clayton, Alabama. She was a homemaker and member of Faith Outreach Church, Phenix City, Alabama. Mrs. Sudderth was a lady who loved the Lord, her children, and grandchildren. She loved gardening; her puppy dogs; but besides Christ, she loved her grandchildren the most. The family will always remember her Christian walk and love for her family.
Besides her parents, Mrs. Sudderth was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Sudderth; and two brothers, Jerry Morrison and Paul Morrison. She is survived by three daughters, Shalina Shavers and her husband Richard of Smith Station, Alabama, Naomi Ryals and her husband Milton Dacus of Salem, Alabama, and Esther Lowell and her husband Bobby of Dublin, Georgia; one son, Kenneth Ryals and his wife Pamela of Smiths Station, Alabama; eight sisters, Ruth Holloway and her husband Jerry of Phenix City, Alabama, Mearl Marshall of Milledgeville, Georgia, Carolyn Sewell of Plains, Georgia, Reba Bonner and her husband Ray of Phenix City, Alabama, Joann Bush of Dothan, Alabama, Myrtice Johnson of Gulf Shores, Alabama, Patricia Williams and husband James of Seale, Alabama, and Sue Rizerio and husband Benny of Birmingham, Alabama; three brothers, James Monroe Morrison of Clio, Alabama, Wade Morrison of Ozark, Alabama, and Thomas Morrison of Columbus, Georgia; nine grandchildren, Kywanna Shavers, Elizabeth Phillips, Kendra Hamilton, Brittnay Paonessa, Whittney Jones, Joshua Jones, Tara Strickland, Christian Marcelletta, and Brandy Lowell; 18 great-grandchildren; many other relatives and friends.
