Ellen Marie "Mama El" (Chatman) Smith was born on June 21, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Charles J Chatman (1918–1973) and Mary Katherine (Taylor) Chatman (1919–2012).
She was married to Ernest Eugene Smith (1941–2006), the son of Willie Smith and Almeda (Johnson) Smith.
Still living in Nashville, Mama El was 76 years old when she passed on February 2, 2019.
Preceded in death by her husband, she was survived by a married daughter, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a married sister and a married brother.
Funeral Services were held at Highland Hills Funeral Home, and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery North.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on February 7, 2019
Ellen Marie "Mama El" (Chatman) Smith was born on June 21, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Charles J Chatman (1918–1973) and Mary Katherine (Taylor) Chatman (1919–2012).
She was married to Ernest Eugene Smith (1941–2006), the son of Willie Smith and Almeda (Johnson) Smith.
Still living in Nashville, Mama El was 76 years old when she passed on February 2, 2019.
Preceded in death by her husband, she was survived by a married daughter, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a married sister and a married brother.
Funeral Services were held at Highland Hills Funeral Home, and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery North.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on February 7, 2019
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