Sarah Jennings Smitherman, age 72, a former  resident of Selma passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 1 p.m. from Fresh Anointing House of Praise, Pastor Coley Chestnut with Rev. Bernard Bowden, New Bethel MBC of Birmingham officiating. Interment will follow at Serenity Memorial Gardens with Lewis Brothers Funeral Home directing.