Albert Smith

MOULTRIE — Albert Smith, 85, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center.Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Friendship Baptist Church with the Rev. Alfred Jones as pastor, and the Rev. Leroy Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in the St. James Pallbearer #2 Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as active pallbearers. Deacons of Friendship Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.He was born Sept. 20, 1922, in Norman Park, to the late Charlie Smith Sr. and Fannie Mae Turner. He was a member and a deacon of Friendship Baptist Church, a Mason, a member of Nehemiah Lodge #138, served in the United States Army for four years, and retired after 30+ years as a senior pressor from Riverside Manufacturing Company.He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Cheryl Smith; two brothers Charlie Smith Jr. and James H. Turner; and two sisters, Alice Thompson and Kathy Solomon.He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary White Smith of Moultrie; three sons, Albert R. Smith and wife Paulette of Stockbridge, Ga., Jackie E. Smith and wife Juanita of Atlanta, Ga. and Freddie E. Smith of Albany, Ga.; three daughters, Carroll Smith of Vidalia, Ga., Yvonne S. Murphy of Chatsworth, Ga. and Linda Smith and husband Harvey of Moultrie; two brothers, C.W. Turner of Coolidge, Ga. and George Turner and wife Beverly of Jacksonville, Fla.; four sisters, Pearlie Mae Ray of Los Angeles, Calif., Mary Nell Williams and Charlotte Taylor both of Moultrie, and Betty Mitchell of Coolidge, Ga.; four brothers-in-law, Roy D. White and wife Inez of Adel, Ga., Eugene White of Meridian, Miss., Robert White and wife Linda of Ft. Washington, Md. and Leonard White and wife Vassa of Houston, Texas; three sisters-in-law, Gertrude Cooper of Miami, Fla., Betty Johnson of Ft. Worth, Texas and Gwendoll Ward and husband Sanders of Adel, Ga.; 12 grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; the Friendship Baptist Church Family; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.Visitation will be today, Sept. 23, from 6 to 7 p.m., at Luke Strong and Son Mortuary Chapel.The family will receive friends at 408 11th Court N.W.Luke Strong and Son Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.Please sign the online guest book at www.moultrieobserver.com.