Funeral service for Mrs. Dean Smith of Anniston, 89, will be Sunday Nov. 24, 2019, 2:00 pm at Chapel Hill Funeral Home with Dr Todd Stewart and Rev. Hubert Ford officiating. Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 until 2:00. Burial will be at Anniston Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Smith passed on Nov. 22, 2019 at NHC Place.
Mrs. Smith is survived by; two sons, Herman C. Smith, Jr. (Karen) and Jeffrey Smith (Lucy). She is also survived by, five grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
With the exception of three years in Decatur, Ga., Mrs. Smith spent her life in Calhoun County. She was a great mother and loved her family and friends. She was an avid reader, enjoyed genealogy, and being involved with her family. She worked many years at Super Valu and Griffin’s Jewelers. Eventually, she retired from Griffin’s to take care of the love of her life, Herman Smith, Sr. in his declining years. Dean and Herman were members of First Baptist Church of Saks since the mid 1950’s when it was known as New Hope Baptist Church.
Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her parents, LeeRoy and Lola Sewell; her husband, Herman C. Smith, Sr; four brothers, Odell , O.V, Bobby and Frank Sewell; sister Lorraine Gilley.
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the staff of NHC Place, the nurses of Amedisys Home Health and Envision Hospice for their care.
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