Lyla Ray Smithson Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Lyla Ray Smithson of Hendersonville, Tennessee, who passed away at the age of 87, on March 27, 2021. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Lyla Ray Smithson to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Charlie B. Ray and Mattie Nichols Ray; her husbands, Thomas E. Abernathy and Alvin J. Smithson; her son David Abernathy; her son-in-law Martin Sandor; and her pet Socks.
She is survived by: her daughter Denise Sandor; her sisters, Betty Weatherholt and Jeanette Bailey (George); her grandchildren, Taynna Douglas (Johnny), Tammy Bowers (Jason), David Tarron Abernathy and Tara Fort (Wesley); her siblings-in-law, Florine Magness, Becky Wheeler (Calvin) and Richard; and her grandmother Smithson. She is also survived by ten loving great-grandchildren.
