Alda Louise Smith

Mrs. Alda Louise Smith went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, April 26, 2020. She was born to Allen and Rosanna Barnes in Richmond, Virginia on January 24, 1933. Alda’s mother later married Rance Crooks and he raised her.

Alda had been a resident of Saginaw Michigan for over seventy years. She was a graduate of Saginaw High and attended colleges Saginaw Valley and Jackson Barber College. Alda married Jesse C. Smith in June of 1966. He predeceased her in September of 1974. She was a member of Zion Missionary Baptist Church, where she served on the Nurses Guild, Courtesy Committee, and sang in the Mass Choir.

Alda was a professional barber for over fifty years in Saginaw. She worked at House of Style Beauty and Barber Shop for many years. She also worked at Porters Barber Shop. She was very active and social, an elegant fashion dresser and loved entertaining people as well as being entertained. She was a lover of many kinds of food and had a laugh that would light up the world.

Alda was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Smith; parents, Allen Barnes, Sr., Rosanna (Rance) Crooks; sisters, Myreeta Barnes Price, Jacqueline Barnes Wright; stepmothers, Anna Barnes and Georgann Rice.

She leaves to cherish her memory one sister, Diana Barnes; two brothers, Oliver Barnes, Allen Jr. (Evelyn) Barnes; seven nieces; nine nephews; many self-professed godchildren, cousins, other relatives in Saginaw, North Caroline and Florida and friends, including her special friends, Glen and Ellen Simon who were also her caregivers in Saginaw, Michigan, Marion Hardaway, Marcus and Marge McToyer, Shirlene Rozier and Ethel Gist.

The Family would like to express a special thanks to Glen and Ellen Simon for all their thoughtfulness and kindness showed to Alda in her times of need and during her illness, Ivan E. Phillips and the Staff of Paradise Funeral Chapel.

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