Louise Smith Roberts passed peacefully from this life on June 5, 2021 at Hospice of West Alabama at 99 years old. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Memory Hill Gardens with Parke Crisler officiating and Memory Chapel Funeral Home directing.
Louise was born in North Alabama to A. H. and Mabel Crisler and was the oldest of five children. She graduated from Phil Campbell High School in 1941 and eloped with Walter Lee Smith (“Nig”) the same year. While he was deployed in WWII, Louise worked in a pants factory in New Jersey. When he returned, they settled in Haleyville, Alabama where their daughters Marilyn and Glenda were born. The family moved around for several years, with the longest stay in Springfield, Virginia. Louise was a devoted homemaker and mother of her children, working hard to provide a loving home and spending their limited income to ensure her girls had beautiful and clean dresses and polished shoes. In 1981, they moved to Northport, Alabama. Louise was married to Nig for 63 years. Several years after he passed, she married Obert Roberts at the age of 86. They were married for 2.5 years until Obert’s death. Louise loved all of Obert’s family as her own.
Louise loved God and loved spending time with all of her family, from her children to grandchildren to great-grandchildren to brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, cousins and beyond. Louise was known for making everyone feel welcome and loved. She was also known for her impeccable sense of fashion and her extensive doll collection, both of which she maintained through her death at 99.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Mabel and A.H. Crisler; first husband, Walter Lee Smith; second husband, Obert Roberts; and daughter, Marilyn Greear.
She is survived by She is survived by her daughter, Glenda Lee (Jerry); sister, Mildred Jones; grandchildren, Jason Greear (Karen), Josh Greear (Sara); Sarah Frey (Charles), and Gray Lee; six great-grandchildren; and numerous relatives.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hospice of West Alabama.
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