dollie mae (smitherman) popwell

Funeral services for Dollie Mae Popwell, 90, of Clanton, are today, April 22, 1998 at 1 p.m. at Martin Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ed Shirley officiating.  Burial is in Lime Springs Methodist Cemetery in Clanton with Martin Funeral Home directing.  Mrs. Popwell was born March 30, 1908, in Alabama to the late Jess and Lutishia Smitherman.  She was a homemaker.  She died April 20, 1998, at Shelby Medical Center in Alabaster.  She is survived by four daughters, Lula Bowden of Birmingham, and Peggy Ellison, Myra Popwell and June Traywick, all of Clanton; two sons:  Gene A. Popwell and Jerry Popwell, both of Clanton; 16 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.