Mildred Ellen Smedly Francis

September 14, 1927 - May 16, 2014

Funeral services for Mildred Ellen Smedley Frances 86, of Vidalia, LA. will be 11am Friday May 16, 2014 at Comer Funeral Home Ferriday, LA. with Rev. Randy Williams officiating . Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Natchez, MS. under the direction of Comer Funeral Home Ferriday, LA. Mildred was born September 14, 1927 to the union of Edgar and Mamie Dawson Smedley and passed from this life May 12, 2014 at Camelot Leisure Living in Ferriday, LA. Mildred was retired from hospital in Dallas, Texas where she worked as a food dietian. She loved her family and spending time with the children whether it was an Easter egg hunt or whatever they were doing she liked to join in. She will surely be missed by all that knew her. Mildred is preceded in death by her parents Edgar and Mamie Smedley, her husband's Gene Clifton, Cecil Norman and Leland Francis, and brother's Willie, Raymond and Gene Smedley. Survivors include her son Earl Ray Clifton and wife Donna Lynn of Edgewood, Texas ; two grandchildren Christy Clifton of Edgewood, Texas; Lance Clifton and wife Carrie of St. Louis, Missouri; three great-grandchildren Jenna, Ava and Jared , sisters Martha Greenlee of Dallas, Texas; Annie Ruth Greenlee of Dallas, Texas,; Patricia Harris of Vidalia, LA. and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews and many friends. Pallbearers will be Ronnie Harris, Wayne Greenlee, Joseph Harris, Cory Stroud, Cody Ezell and Marty Stroud. Honorary pallbearers will be Pat Tucker, Billy Smedley, Wayne Tarver, Son Gillespie and Gerald Harris. Friends may call for visitation after 9am until time of the service at 11am at Comer Funeral Home Ferriday, LA. Online guestbook at comerfh.com