Smith, Shirley Rae White (Trenton)

  • Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Shirley Rae White Smith, 77, of Trenton, passed away on Monday, July 4, 2022.

Mrs. Smith was a member of Straightway Baptist Church, had worked at Buster Brown in Ider, Al. and was retired from Gill Industries in Trenton. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Mack Arthur Smith; parents, Willard & Jewel White; brother, Wayne White; and sisters, Barbara Chaney, Ruth Owens and Jimmie Durham.

Survivors include her son, Ray (Teresa) Smith; daughters, Regina (Thomas) Felden and Karen (Doug Holder) Johnson; grandchildren, Michael Hicks, Patrick (Ashlee) Hicks, Brittany McCloud, Jesse Holt, Terry Chapman and Nichole Maddox; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; sister, Christine Tinker; and several nieces & nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 7 at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel, with Brother Stan Holt officiating. Interment will follow in Bethlehem Cemetery in Ider, Al.

Expressions of sympathy may be shared at ryanfuneralhome.net.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, July 6 from 4-8 p.m. and on Thursday from 11 a.m. until the service hour at Ryan Funeral Home & Crematory, Trenton.
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