Shelia Frazier Whitford, 60, of Smithville died Monday at her residence.
She was distribution and customer service manager for Jarden/Oster. She was also a life-long member of First Baptist Church in Smithville. The funeral was held Wednesday at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Greg Sweeton officiated and burial followed at DeKalb Memorial Gardens.
Whitford was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Dorothy Lamberson Frazier, and her father and mother-in-law, Eugene and Louise Whitford.
Survivors include her husband, Edward Whitford of Smithville; four daughters and sons-in-law, Samantha and Brad Curtis of Smithville, Janohn and Seth Billingsley of Sevierville, Shelia and Chad Kirby of Smithville, and Wendi and Ron Keeton of Cookeville; 12 grandchildren, Grant, Aidan, and Mason Curtis, Samantha Brooke, Alexa and Keira Billingsley, Dallas and Brylee Kirby, Carter Cook, Seth, Hope, and Elijah Keeton; Four sisters, Martha Brown, Jane and Thomas Groom, Sue and Carl Sifford, and Mary and Emilo Barrentos, all of Smithville; brother, Billy and Buffy Frazier of Lascassas; brother and sister-in-law, Ron and Kathy Whitford of Clarksville; special friends, Jean Meyers and Ed Kaser.
Memorial donations can be made to Smithville First Baptist Church Youth Group, Haven of Hope, Josiah’s Closet, or the Cookeville Cancer Center.
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home of Smithville was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 19, 2014