benjamin W smitherman
Benjamin W. Smitherman, 65, of 464 E. Division St. died 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's Hospital.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in the J.J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home, where friends may call 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Mr. Smitherman was born in Hot Springs, Ark., a son of Albert Roy and Pearl Kincannon Smitherman.
He attended the Decatur Church of the Brethren and was a member of Aerie 507. He owned and operated the Marathon Service Stations at Jasper and Cantrell streets and at First Dr. in South Shores. He married Gertrude Meek.
Surviving are his wife; brothers, Jack of Merritt Island, Fla.; Albert R. Jr. of Springs, Ark.; sister, Mrs. Mary Troutman of Hemet, Calif. One son preceded him in death.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in the J.J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home, where friends may call 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Mr. Smitherman was born in Hot Springs, Ark., a son of Albert Roy and Pearl Kincannon Smitherman.
He attended the Decatur Church of the Brethren and was a member of Aerie 507. He owned and operated the Marathon Service Stations at Jasper and Cantrell streets and at First Dr. in South Shores. He married Gertrude Meek.
Surviving are his wife; brothers, Jack of Merritt Island, Fla.; Albert R. Jr. of Springs, Ark.; sister, Mrs. Mary Troutman of Hemet, Calif. One son preceded him in death.