charles evan smitherman
Word of the death of Captain
Charles E. Smitherman, retired navy officer, yesterday at his El Paso,
Texas, home was received yesterday by Winston-Salem relatives.
Survivors include two aunts, Miss Millie Smitherman and Miss Nancy Smitherman, both of Eart Bend; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Joy- ner, lives in Mooresville, Ind., and a number of cousins who reside in Winston-Salem.
Funeral probably will be he Wednesday, it was said.
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SMITHERMAN, Charles E., 63, Lomaland drive, Lower Valley. Services 2 p. m. Friday, Hagedon-Harding Chapel. John H. Justus officiating. Pallbearers: Frank Manning. D. H. Lomax, Cap Horn, Art Garza, Henry Gaines, Alex Candelaria, Burial in Ft. Bliss National Cemetemy.
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Charles E. Smitherman, 61, of Lomaland drive in the Lower Valley, was found shot to death today in the kitchen of his home.
A 22 caliber rifle was beside the body.
Mrs. Smitherman said she had been asleep and that when she awakened she went into the kitchen. She found the body. She had heard no shots.
Mr. Smitherman had been in ill health.
Justice of the Peace Hill of Ysleta will conduct an inquest.
The body is at the Hagedon- Harding Funeral Home.
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Suicide Verdict
Justice of the Peace Hill of Ysleta ruled suicide in the death of Charles E Smitherman, 61, of the Lower Valley who was found on the kitchen floor of his home yesterday with a .22 caliber bullet wound in his head.
Mr. Smitherman had been in bad health.
Funeral arrangements are pending with the Hagedon-Harding Fu- neral Home.
Survivors include two aunts, Miss Millie Smitherman and Miss Nancy Smitherman, both of Eart Bend; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Joy- ner, lives in Mooresville, Ind., and a number of cousins who reside in Winston-Salem.
Funeral probably will be he Wednesday, it was said.
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SMITHERMAN, Charles E., 63, Lomaland drive, Lower Valley. Services 2 p. m. Friday, Hagedon-Harding Chapel. John H. Justus officiating. Pallbearers: Frank Manning. D. H. Lomax, Cap Horn, Art Garza, Henry Gaines, Alex Candelaria, Burial in Ft. Bliss National Cemetemy.
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Charles E. Smitherman, 61, of Lomaland drive in the Lower Valley, was found shot to death today in the kitchen of his home.
A 22 caliber rifle was beside the body.
Mrs. Smitherman said she had been asleep and that when she awakened she went into the kitchen. She found the body. She had heard no shots.
Mr. Smitherman had been in ill health.
Justice of the Peace Hill of Ysleta will conduct an inquest.
The body is at the Hagedon- Harding Funeral Home.
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Suicide Verdict
Justice of the Peace Hill of Ysleta ruled suicide in the death of Charles E Smitherman, 61, of the Lower Valley who was found on the kitchen floor of his home yesterday with a .22 caliber bullet wound in his head.
Mr. Smitherman had been in bad health.
Funeral arrangements are pending with the Hagedon-Harding Fu- neral Home.