They seemed to have it all during a time when so many had lost everything. They were well known in town as a respectable, generous, compassionate family. Overnight, tragedy struck, and they lost the center of their world, the heart of their home. And it was only the beginning of sorrows, but God, always faithful, took what was meant for evil, and used it for good.
Opal Smitherman was born in North Carolina in 1920. The American landscape was in upheaval for most of her young life, The stock market crash in 1929, followed by the Great Depression, followed by World War II
Opal Smitherman was in many ways a 20th century Scarlett O’Hara. Her surrender to Christ changed her life from being one defined by tragedy to one of victory.