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Lola Smith Obituary

Lola Mae Clardy Smith, 87, of 225 Clardy Road, widow of Henry Dee Smith, died Sunday, July 15, 2001, at Brookside Nursing Center, Anderson.

Born in Anderson County, she was a daughter of the late Aldine Butler and Eula Ellison Clardy. She was retired from the Kendall Co. and a member of White Plains Baptist Church, the Eastern Star, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Surviving are two daughters, Mary Ellen Holcombe and Doris Porter, both of Pelzer; son, Harold Smith of Pelzer; siblings, Homer Clardy and Hazel Elrod of Pelzer, Edith Clardy of Piedmont, Bertha Sanders of Anderson; nine grandchildren, 13 great- and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at While Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Pelzer, by the Rev. Mark Spearman.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Gray Mortuary, Pelzer. Family: home of Mary Ellen Holcombe, 241 Clardy Road, Pelzer.

Memorials may be made to White Plains Baptist Church, 1435 Easley Highway, Pelzer, SC 29669.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Greenville News on Jul. 16, 2001.

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