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  PUBLISHED: 11/17/2009 8:39 PM | Print | E-mail | Viewed: times

Margaret Alberta Cromer Smith




Mrs. Margaret Alberta Cromer Smith, 101, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.

Private graveside services were held in Bethany Cemetery.


Mrs. Smith was born in Fayetteville, Ga., a daughter of the late William P. and Margaret Mitchell Cromer. She moved to Aiken in 1927 and was a secretary for the Honorable Strom Thurmond Sr. as well as a former court stenographer. She was a member of First Baptist Church.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Patti (Bill) Hyman of Huntsville, Ala.; her son, James C. (Terry) Smith Sr. of Lexington; grandchildren, Elizabeth P. Smith Willis, James C. Smith and David Hyman; and a niece, Penny Monteiro.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 3157, Aiken, SC 29802.

Shellhouse Funeral Home Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken