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Leola Smith
December 01, 2011

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Leola Grantham Smith, 92, Douglas, GA passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Smith was born in Ambrose, GA to the late Henry and Elizabeth Barnes Grantham on December 5, 1918. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband: James Harvey Smith, Sr. She was a homemaker and she was the oldest female member of Mt. Union Primitive Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Union Primitive Baptist Church with Rev. George Carroll Paulk, Elder John Shelton Mikell and Elder Walter Deloach officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Union Church Cemetery.

Survivors include: sons: Robert (JoAnn) Smith, Cauley (Margaret) Smith and James H. (Ann) Smith, Jr., all of Ambrose, GA; daughter: Lucy Nell (Jack) Brantley, Douglas, GA; 10 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; 10 great great grandchildren; 2 step granddaughters; 3 step grandsons and 5 step great great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Sims Funeral Home. Sims Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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Sims Funeral Home, Inc.
201 North Peterson Avenue
Douglas, GA 31533
912-384-1234