Etha R (Reta) Legrone Smitherman, age 78, of Valley Grande, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2018.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at Northside Baptist Church with Rev.

Ken Blake officiating and Lawrence Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. Burial will follow at Pineview Memory Gardens. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church.

She is preceded by her parents, two brothers, and five sisters.

Reta is survived by her husband of 47 years: Purvis Smitherman; daughter: Darla Smith; sons: Robert (Dara) Smitherman, Thomas (Candice) Smitherman; grandchildren: Justin McDonald,Josh McDonald, Lauren Smitherman, Ansley Smitherman, Katie Smitherman, Sean Smitherman, Sean Barrett, Taran Barrett, two sisters: Catherine McKee, Myrna Lastinger, four great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be: David Jones, Joseph Jones, Ray Smitherman, Donald Chandler, Randy Smitherman, and Sean Barrett.