lee ora (baker) smitherman

Funeral services for Lee Ora Smitherman Pierce, 85, of Clanton, were heldon Friday, June 27, at the New Harmony Holiness Church in Clanton at 2 p.m. with the ReverendsPerry Cleckler and Roger Moates officiating.  Burial was held at the New Harmony Holiness Cemetery with the Martin Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Pierce was born in Chilton County on October 25, 1911 to the late John Baker and Luraine Franklin Baker.   She died at the Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Clanton on June 25, 1997.  She is survived by her husband, Reynolds Pierce, Clanton; three sons and a daughter, Cecil Smitherman, Joel L. Smitherman, A. J. Smitherman and Carolyn Hathcock, all of Clanton; 15 grandchildren and14 great-grandchildren.