Burial will immediately follow the services in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Lincoln Alabama. She leaves to cherish her memories: her children, Shirley Walker, Dorothy Carmichael, Ella Swain, Norma Terrell, Rosetta (Louis) Orr, Nadine (Grendal) Bett, Rita (Wille) Cross, Nelda Carmichael, Rachel Carmichael, Jeffrey (Sharolyn) Carmichael; 27 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great grandchildren; her loving siblings; Minnie Thornton, Howard Heard, Jr; Edna (Grover) Gilford, Charlie Heard, Willie Lewis Heard, Debra Smith, Willete Heard, Timothy (Sharon) Heard, Bobbie Heard, Betty Heard, Sister-in-laws; Early Reed, Louise Carmichael, Tearsa Carmichael, Nellie Carmichael, Annie Joe Willis, Edna Skipwith; brother in law, Robert Smith; and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Nathaniel Carmichael Sr; parents, Howard and Nelsie Mae Heard; siblings, Maxine Carmichael, Evelyn Smith, Brenda Collins, Eugene Heard, and Johnny Reed.
Goodson Funeral Home Inc, directing. 256.237.9771.