Alfreda Mae (Milligan) Smith

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Alfreda Mae (Milligan) Smith, 76, Willow Springs, Mo., passed away Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at Ozark Springs Medical Center in West Plains, Mo.

Alfreda was born in Harrisburg to the late James Robert and Susie Ellen (Hale) Milligan.

Alfreda lived her working years in Chicago. In later years, she moved to Corinth, Miss., until declining health took her to Missouri. In her later years, she enjoyed making quilts and doing crafts.

Surviving are two sons, James Robert Cravens of Bowling Green, Mo. and Donald Steven Lane of Arizona; two daughters, Sue Ellen Cravens of Willow Springs, Mo. and Mary Mathews of Harrisburg; one sister, Betty Hrecko of Eldorado; and six grandchildren, Larry Deneen Mathews, Steven Mark Mathews; Cherie Cravens Gault, Jessica Cravens, Jimmy Cravens and Bobby Cravens.

She was preceded in death by one son, Larry Gene Lane; three brothers, Dick, Bob and Ralph Milligan; and three sisters, Mattie Lyerla, Margaret Ruth Lewis and John Henry and Jean Pickering.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, at the J.M. Weirauch Funeral Home with the Rev. G.E. Coultas officiating. Burial will follow in Colbert Cemetery. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Wednesday at the J.M. Weirauch Funeral Home.