Ruth Elizabeth Anderson Smith, 80, of Tifton died Sunday, October 9, 2011, at Tift Health Care. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, in Omega Cemetery. Dr. Danny Ray will officiate with burial to follow. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Smith was born on May 1, 1931 in Cherokee County and was the daughter of Rev. William Jud Anderson and Sara Lou Ashworth Anderson, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Grady Smith; five brothers; and two sisters. She was a retired nurse’s aide and a member of New Jerusalem Freewill Baptist Church in Moultrie. She had lived in Tifton since 1968.
Mrs. Smith is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Bruce Haman of Ty Ty; one brother, Herbert Anderson of Dothan, Alabama; one sister, Cleo D. Holm of Zephyrhills, Florida; two grandchildren, Teresa Ruth Patterson and her husband Rodney and Lorinda Dawn Reamer; and three great-grandchildren, Timothy Tyler Hiers, Justin Christopher Hiers and Catherine Jo Reamer.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial gifts may be made to the Tift County Unit of the American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 7514, Tifton, GA 31793 or Hospice of Tiftarea, P. O. Box 747, Tifton, GA 31793.