NORTHPORT - Anita Smith Thigpen, age 91, of Northport, Ala., passed away March 14, 2018 at Noland Hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, March 19, 2018, at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with Dr. James Nichols officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Memory Chapel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hassell Thigpen; parents, Luther and Thelma Smith; brother, James Smith; and sister, Sarah Beavers.
Survivors include her daughters, Patricia Thigpen and Jan Dickey Smith; sons, John Thigpen and James Luther Thigpen; sisters, Levenia Channell, Louise Albertson, Dorothy Penton and Dessie McCord; brothers, William Smith and Smokey Smith; grandchildren, Ashley Dark (Matt), Nick Dickey and Bethany Dickey; and great-grandchildren, Caedmon and Branson Dark.
Anita was a life-long resident of Tuscaloosa County and lived in Northport for the past 62 years. She was an active member of Chapel Hill Baptist Church since 1965. She retired from Spiller Furniture Company, the City of Northport and friends of Historic Northport. She was inducted into the Northport Hall of Citizens on May 19, 2017.
Pallbearers will be her nephews.
Honorary pallbearers are Noland Hospital, TSICU of DCH, Dr. Eads, Dr. Katona, James Spiller Family and Jon Bowers Women's Sunday School Class.
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