Sarah Susan Gunn Smith, 82, a resident of Montgomery, passed away in her home on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. She graduated from Sidney Lanier High School and later graduated with a Bachelors degree in Home Economics from the University of Alabama. She was an active member of First Baptist Church and participated in a number of charities.

Sarah Susan is survived by her husband of 58 years, Kirby Conrad Smith; her brothers, John Gunn of Virginia (Charlotte) and Cuyler Gunn of Georgia (Marion); sister-in-law, Mary Alice Gunn; her daughters, Susan Noland (Edwin), Marie Smith, Cary McMillan (Jim); her grandchildren, Alice Hickman Smith (Robert), Erin Hickman Hansen (Todd), Edwin Noland, Patrick Sean Harris, Kirby Thornton (Amy), Sarah Noland, Wesley Thornton Breal (Justin), Taylor Thornton; her great-grandchildren, Katelyn Hansen, Jackson Smith, Anna Ryan Hansen, Hunter Hansen, and Ashton Breal.

She was predeceased by her parents, John and Gladys Gunn, and her brother, Allen Gunn.

Visitation will be held in the parlor at First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama on Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. with a memorial service in Stakely Sanctuary to follow at 10:00 a.m.

lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Community Ministries of First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.


Published in the Montgomery Advertiser on August 8, 2013