Loretta Lofton Williams Smith, 74, of Cincinnati passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 at University of Cincinnati West Chester Hospital in West Chester, OH.
Mrs. Smith was born in May's Lick on April 22, 1940 daughter of the late John Albert & Ora Lee Bolden Lofton.  She was a member of Second Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband Perry Smith and 2 sons, Matthew Williams and Christopher (Shirita) Williams of Cincinnati; and a daughter, Evelyn (Chris) Patton of Mason, OH.   3 step- daughters and 5 step- sons; 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; and a host of step grandchildren and other family and friends.  She was preceded in death by her first husband Arthur Williams in 1991 and 2 brothers, Paul Lofton and John Lee Lofton;   4 sisters, Mary Evelyn Warner, Alice Lusk, Cynthia Guinn and Anna D. Bluford.
Services will be conducted at 1 P.M. Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Second Baptist Church in May's Lick with Rev. L. Rodney Bennett officiating.  Burial will follow in the May's Lick Cemetery.  Visitation Saturday from 11 A.M. until 1 P.M. at the church.  Palmer Funeral Home in May's Lick is serving the family.  Condolences to www.palmerfuneralhome.net

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