Obituary

Funeral services for Alama Young Smith, 93, of Harris Neck Island, Ga., will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel at First United Methodist Church, Plainview, Texas, with the Rev. David Haygood, retired minister of Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church in Savannah, Ga., officiating. Burial will follow at Plainview Memorial Park by Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Mrs. Smith died Monday, June 11, 2007, at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga., from injuries suffered in a fall on Sunday, June 10, 2007. Alama was born July 17, 1913, in Plainview to Samual Jackson and Maude Baughman Young, who were early pioneers to Hale County. Mrs. Smith spent her early years northwest of Plainview until the Young family moved to the Happy Union community where she attended the Ellen Community School. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1930, attended West Texas State Teachers College in 1930-31 and later received a certificate in Engineering, Science and Management War Training in 1943 from the University of Texas. Alama married John G. Smith on June 5, 1935, in Galveston, Texas. After living in Port Arthur, Texas, for 16 years, Alama and John and their two children returned to the Happy Union community where they were partners in the Happy Union Gin. In 1952 they moved to Plainview and with Robert Caudle built and ran Westside Gin until 1987. In 1999, she moved to Harris Neck Island, Ga., where she built a home next to her daughter and son-in-law and where she lived until her death. Mrs. Smith is survived by her brother, S.J. Young of Lubbock; her daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Don Stewart of Harris Neck Island, Ga.; her son and daughter-in-law, Kirk and Sue Smith of Plano, Texas; grandchildren, Lang and Wendy Smith of Louisville, Colo., Susannah and Doug Gordon of Parker, Colo., John Matthews of Atlanta, Ga., and Kathryn and Nathan Tart of Austin, Texas; and four great-grandchildren. She also is survived by three step-grandchildren, Jordan Smith of Austin, Greg Stewart of Atlanta and Lisa Bevis of Cedartown, Ga.; and two step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John G. Smith; and two sisters and two brothers, Lois Haggard Culp, Elsie Maxey, Marvin Young and Virgil Young. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 15, 2007, at Kornerstone Funeral Directors. The family suggests memorials to favorite charities or to First United Methodist Church, 1001 W. Seventh St., Plainview, TX 79072.