SMITH, Lois Pittman, age 96, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Smith is survived by one daughter: Carol Smith Jones (Samuel J.); two grandchildren: Pamela Leigh Jones Toth (Shannon) & Tricia Lynn Jones Lovelady (Tony); four great-grandchildren: Shae Lauren Lovelady, Weston Blaine Lovelady, Zachary Paul Toth, & Nicholas Anderson Toth; one niece: Kathy Salamone (Pat); one grandniece: Shae Billingsley (Charles). Funeral services will be held Friday, June 8th at 12:00 Noon from the McGehee Road Baptist Church with Dr. Tom Cleveland officiating, assisted by Rev. Chad McDonald. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Tony Lovelady, Shannon Toth, Ed Cleveland, Bill Cleveland, Pat Salamone, John Jenkins, & David Byrne, III. Mrs. Smith will lie instate at the church one hour prior to the service on Friday. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or McGehee Road Baptist Church. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing
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Funeral Home: WHITE CHAPEL
Publication Date: 06/08/2007
In Memory Of Our Poets
Lois Pittman (Smith) (1911-2007) - Class Of 1927
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Minna Dent Roth (Hill) (1970)
I lived across the street from Mrs. Smith from 1954 - 1977, and then I lived next door to her from 1997 until she moved to an assisted living facility. Wonderful memories abound of her as I was growing up. I always loved to hear the sound coming from her opened front door as she entertained the whole neighborhood with her beautiful piano playing. She taught piano to many of us Poets throughout the years, including Marianne Fulford, Class of 1968, and Martha George, Class of 1971. I do remember her fussing about my long fingernails, but other than that, she was the best piano teacher in Montgomery. In her later years, she still played, and frequently went around to various nursing homes and played for the residents. A few years ago she jokingly, but truthfully, told me that many of the people she played for in the nursing homes were younger than she was. She lived a godly and wholesome life, and was one of the sweetest and most talented ladies I have even known. We miss her.