Edna Lee Smart was born in Orrville, Alabama on January 12, 1953, to the late Lonnie and Earlene Rayford. She was a longtime resident of Mobile, Alabama until her health started to fail. She then moved in with her children, who were her caretakers.
Mrs. Smart was preceded in death by her parents; six sisters, Willie Ester Beulah, Dorothy Mae Rivers, Lonnie Savage, Earlie Mae Williams, Barbara Rayford, and Juanita McLemore, and two brothers, Johnnie Rayford and Eugene Rayford. She leaves to cherish her memory a devoted husband of 50 years, Isaac Smart; three daughters, Annette Brooks (Robert) of Saraland, AL, Darlene Allen (Orlando) of Jonesboro, GA, and Charlene Obarakpor (Okpako) of Hampton, GA; a son, Isaac Smart, Jr. of Mobile, AL; four grandchildren, Daniel Allen, Noah Johnson, Alexis Smart, and Ovigwe Obarakpor; two great-grandchildren, Aubrey Obarakpor and Aiden Brooks; three sisters, Pastor Onetia Robinson (Senior Pastor Robert L.) of Prichard, AL, Joann Rayford of Orrville, AL, and Margaret Huddleston of Flint, MI; as a sister, Geraldine Barren of Mobile, AL; two brothers, Lonnie Rayford (Brenda) of Mobile, AL and Charles Rayford (Annie Zell) of Mobile, AL; a Goddaughter, Theresa Robinson of Mobile, AL; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home in Saraland on Friday, January 22, 2021, at 7 p.m. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 p.m. until the service hour. Condolences may be offered at www.radneyfuneralhome-saraland.com.
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