1928

Willie Alfred Smyrl was born on 16 Sep 1928 in South Carolina, USA a child of Oscar Jackson Smyrl Sr. and Mary Ann Davis Smyrl.

1930

Alfred W Smyrl was counted in the census on 15 Apr 1930 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 1-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home were; his father, Oscar J Smyrl; his mother, Mae A Smyrl; and his siblings; Lottie M Smyrl, Oscar J Smyrl Jr., and Lucy L Smyrl.

1940

Willie A Smyrl was counted in the census on 22 Apr 1940 in De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 11-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home were; his father, Oscar Smyrl; his mother, Mary A Smyrl; and his siblings; Lottie M Smyrl, Oscar Smyrl, and Lucy L Smyrl.

1946

He served in the military on 18 Sep 1946 in Richland, South Carolina, USA at Fort Jackson.

2001

On May 14, 2001, W. Alfred Smyrl was mentioned as the living husband in the obituary of Bonnie Litchfield Smyrl.

He married get married to Dianne Edwards, sometime after Bonnie’s death.

2025

He died on 21 Feb 2025. He was buried on 25 Feb 2025 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Quaker Cemetery.

Alfred Smyrl Obituary

Graveside funeral services for Willie Alfred Smyrl, 96, will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at Quaker Cemetery, 713 Meeting Street, Camden, SC. Rev. Clint Ellis, Woodie Dixon, and Mark Derr will officiate.  Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 1201 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, or to the charity of one’s choice.

Alfred, son of the late Oscar Jackson Smyrl, Sr. and the late Mary Ann Davis Smyrl, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2025.   He was the husband of Dianne Edwards Smyrl.

Alfred is survived by his wife, Dianne; daughter, Bonnie Louise Smyrl Watts (Regie) of Camden; son, John Patrick Smyrl (Jo-zanne) of Inman, SC; grandchildren, Jackson Patrick Smyrl, Benjamin Smyrl Watts, Abigail Ruth Watts Ingalls (Joshua), Lee Gilliam, and Lauren Gilliam; step-children, Elizabeth Lamm Gilliam of Simpsonville, SC and John Anthony Lamm  of Simpsonville; and sister-in-law, Betty Spires Smyrl of Camden.

In addition to his parents, Alfred was predeceased by his first wife, Bonne Ruth Litchfield Smyrl; son, Willie Alfred Smyrl, Jr.; brother, Oscar J. “Jak” Smyrl, Jr; and sisters, Lottie Smyrl Anderson and Lucy Smyrl Brown.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.