Annie Mae Smalls

Smalls, Annie Mae COLONIE Annie Mae Smalls was born on April 23, 1941 in Pineville, S.C. to the late Lewis and Emma Smalls. She departed this life on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at the Hospice at St. Peter's Hospital at the age of 71. Annie Smalls grew up in Pineville and attended the public school system there. She relocated to Albany, N.Y. at an early age where she was employed at the Albany Medical Center until she retired after 46 years. She enjoyed swimming and traveling and was once baptized in the River Jordan in Israel. She accepted Christ at an early age and was a long standing member of the both the Day Dawn Baptist Church in Pineville, S.C. and Mount Zion Baptist Church in Albany. She was preceded in death by her loving daughter, Jacqueline Denise Smalls Fisher; parents, Lewis and Emma Smalls and sister, Beatrice Smalls Parsons. Annie Smalls leaves to cherish her memory her son-in-law, Chris Fisher; grandchildren, Jessica, Jarred and Zachary Fisher; four brothers, Christopher C. Smalls (Theresa) Pineville, S.C., Clarence Small (Dorothy) Albany, Isaac Smalls, Albany, Henry Smalls (Cynthia) Pineville, S.C. and one sister, Rebecca Smalls Bryant of Atlanta, Ga. and a host of nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 86 Schyler St., Albany at 11 a.m. Friends and family are welcome to the viewing from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment Graceland Cemetery.