Alma Dean Sorrell

84 year old Alma Dean Sorrell of Smithville died Tuesday at NHC Healthcare Center. She was a Protestant and a retired General Motors factory worker. A graveside service will be Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Whorton Springs Cemetery. Michael Hale will officiate. Visitation will be Saturday from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. There will be no visitation on Sunday. The family and friends will gather at the cemetery for the service at 2:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard Allen and Annie Martha Malone Cripps; brothers, Wilson, James, and T.W. Cripps; and sisters, Katherine Martin, Lillie Chapman, and Gladys Kelley. She is survived by a son, Bob Rucker of Bowling Green, Kentucky. A grandson, Scott Rucker of Bowling Green, Kentucky. A sister, Grace Fish of Dayton, Ohio. Several nieces and nephews also survive. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.