Cottie Frances Smith Albert

In Loving Memory of

Cottie Frances Smith Albert

Cottie Frances Smith Albert,83, of Pearisburg, VA, passed away on January 23, 2011, at Showalter Center in Blacksburg, VA, where she had made her home for the past three years with her beloved cat Frisky. Mrs. Albert worked for many years as a waitress at the Virginian Restaurant and at McLean Drug Store before retiring to become a full-time grandmother. Mrs. Albert was born on August 9, 1927, and was a daughter of the late Ernest Garland and Emily Huffman Smith. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Harry Wayne Albert, a son Stephen Douglas Albert, her brother Willard Smith and sister Bonnie Perdue. Mrs. Albert is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Jerry Wayne and Marilyn Rowe Albert of Pearisburg, VA; daughter-in-law Brenda Leigh Schwartz of Myrtle Beach, SC; four grandsons, Michael Stephen Roberts of Richmond, VA; Scott Douglas and Becky Roberts of Krumm, TX; Christopher Matthew and Lori Buckland Albert of Cornelius, NC; Aaron Thomas and Rebecca Thomas Albert of Fredericksburg, VA; two great-grandsons, Nathanael Michael Roberts and Jude Gabriel Albert; and two great-step-grandchildren, Philip Thomas and Isabella Thomas. Also surviving are sisters- and brothers-in-law Francis L. and Zana Albert of McCoy, VA; John and Mary Nell Pauley of McCoy; Don and Nedra Croy of Blacksburg, VA; Susie Belle Vest of Floyd, VA; and Nola Albert of Floyd, and numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Albert will also be missed by many friends and caregivers at Showalter. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 11:00 AM at Givens Funeral Chapel, with the Reverend Joel Saucedo officiating, with burial following at the Albert Family Cemetery in McCoy, VA. The family will receive friends at Givens Funeral Home Tuesday, Jan. 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, friends may wish to make a donation to the First Christian Church in Pearisburg or to the Warm Hearth Employees Appreciation Fund, Showalter Center, Blacksburg.