Bertha "Plumer"

Franklin Smith

Obituary

Bertha "Plumer" Franklin Smith, 94, of Tifton died Sunday, September 15, 2013, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Apostle Ernest Jefferson will officiate with burial to follow in Eldorado Baptist Church Cemetery. Tommy Griffin, Shay Bullard, Christian Bullard, Jason Smith, Willie McDonald and Albert Hill Jr. will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, September 17, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Mrs. Smith was born on December 22, 1918 in Cherokee County and was the daughter of Clelan Franklin and Daisy Lee Scott Franklin, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Thurman Mitchel "Boots" Smith, who died in 1972; one son, William Morris Smith, who died in 2005; and one daughter, Ruby Diane Smith, who died in 2007. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.

Mrs. Smith is survived by one son, John Thomas Smith of Tifton; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Betty Joyce and Albert Hill of Brookfield, Roxie Ann and Merrice Hines of Tifton and Tina H. Smith of Saint Simons Island; one brother, Shorty Franklin of Waynesville; one sister, Katie Bare of Waynesville; 15 grandchildren; and numerous beloved great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.