July 22, 1929 – March 8, 2013
Sara Lee Vickery Westmoreland Smith, age 83, of Anderson, passed away at the North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, on Friday, March 8, 2013. Born in Canon, GA, she was the daughter of the late Robert William Vickery and the late Grace Jordan Vickery. She was the devoted and loving wife of first the late Glen W. Westmoreland, and subsequently, the late William Luther Smith.
Mrs. Smith was a retired dietician working in the Lavonia, GA school system and worked for Yon’s Food Store in Anderson for many years until the store’s closing. Sara also worked as a school crossing guard for the Anderson School District V for many years. She was of the Baptist Faith.
Survivors include a son, Glen Lamar Westmoreland and his wife, Ann, of Lavonia, GA; 2 daughters, Carole W. Philyaw and husband, Mike, of Sandy Springs, SC, and Leeann Smith Balkcom and her husband, John, of Gainesville, FL. Also surviving are 7 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and her husbands Glen and Bill, Sara was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Hubert Vickery, Bobby Vickery, and Seab Vickery; 5 sisters, Ella Mae Smith, Ruth Shahid, Gladys Hill, Jeannette Orallo, and Christine Lance.
A funeral service to honor and celebrate the life of Mrs. Sara Smith will be held on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 2 PM at the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home, with Rev. Dwight Greene officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will be at their respective homes and will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home on Wednesday from 12 Noon until 1:30 PM.
Donations in memory of Mrs. Smith may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311.
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