Cora Lee Smith Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mrs. Cora Lee Smith, affectionately known as “Cora” was born on July 16, 1928 in Fairfield County, SC to the late Isaac and Lillie Mae Bell Cook. She departed this life on April 8, 2017, at Midlands Health and Rehabilitation in Columbia, SC. Mrs. Smith was a faithful member of the choir at Rock Hill AME Church, she was also one of the “Mother of the Church”, and a volunteer for Fairfield County firefighter, until her health declined. Cora loved the color blue, sewing (especially quilts), baking cakes and selling her many hand made or picked items at the flea market with her keen entrepreneurial spirit. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred “Ted” Smith; four sisters, Johnnie Mae Thompson, Alice “Tootsie” Henderson, Maggie Hightower and Carrie Lou Goodwin; three brothers, L.J. Cook, Eddie Cook and Isaac Cook, Jr. Left to cherish precious memories are: a son, Tommie Lee Smith, of Jenkinsville, SC; two sisters, Roberta (Paul) Bright, Sr., and Ella Mae Ervin both of Columbia, SC; a sister-in-law, Willie Mae Cook also of Columbia, SC; two God-children, Jackie Wright and Charles Ashley, Jr.; an aunt, Mildred Bell and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends who will miss her dearly. Our Family Circle has been broken A voice was loved is still. A place is vacant in our heart Which God Alone can fill.

Cora Lee Smith

July 16, 1928 - April 8, 2017