Sally Smith

December 1, 1935 - April 24, 2020

Sara “Sally” Elizabeth (Pitts) Smith, 84 of Arab passed away peacefully with her family on Friday, April 24, 2020. Ms. Smith was born on December 1, 1935, in Birmingham, Alabama to Knox Mullins and Sara Crawford Pitts. She was a member of Arab First Baptist Church for 59 years where she sang in the church choir. She was active in her Sunday school class and loved baking cookies for vacation bible school. Throughout her lifetime she enjoyed many careers. She sold Beeline Fashions, was an Avon representative, a Farm Bureau agent in Arab, a real estate agent, she worked 12 years at the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), and worked at the U.S. Embassy in Bonn, Germany. She enjoyed friends, cooking, traveling, singing, writing poetry, making jewelry, sewing, and painting. She loved spending time with her family most of all. She is survived by her daughters: Karen Saint and Lisa Smith of Guntersville; son: Patrick (Pat) Smith of Arab; brother: Knox Pitts of Texas; sister: Sharon Pitts of South Carolina; 9 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Knox and Sara Pitts; stepfather; Howard Winslett, Sr.; her brother, Conrad Pitts; and her son, Melvin “Mel” Smith III. A graveside service for the family will be held on Monday, April 27, 2020 at the Arab Memorial Cemetery with Gober Funeral Chapel directing.