david hampton smitherman
Mr. David Hampton Smitherman,
86, 1767 Polo Road, N.W., died Thursday at Forsyth Memorial Hospital.
He had been in declining health for several months and seriously ill
for a week.
Mr. Smitherman was born June 10, 1899 in Yadkin County to D. B. and Emma Binkley Smitherman. He spent most of his adult life in Forsyth County, was very active in various sports and especially enjoyed bowling, golf and fishing. Mr. Smitherman was a U. S. Mail Carrier for 38 years retiring in 1963. He was a member of Maple Springs United Methodist Church and Ida Long Bible Class.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Mrs. Para L. Brown Smitherman, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy S. Brown, Richmond, Va. and Mrs. Carolyn S. Lawhon, Advance; one son, Larry E. Smitherman, Hanover, Va.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Sallie S. Choplin, E. Bend, Mrs. Mae S. Sizemore, Winston-Salem and Mrs. Eileen S. Burke, Lakeland, Fla.; two brothers, Ralph J. Smitherman, E. Bend and Clyde H. Smitherman, Pfafftown.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Vogler's Reynolda Road Chapel by the Rev. John H. Barnes and the Rev. R. Paschal Waugh. Interment will be in Forsyth Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. to- night at the funeral home.
Mr. Smitherman was born June 10, 1899 in Yadkin County to D. B. and Emma Binkley Smitherman. He spent most of his adult life in Forsyth County, was very active in various sports and especially enjoyed bowling, golf and fishing. Mr. Smitherman was a U. S. Mail Carrier for 38 years retiring in 1963. He was a member of Maple Springs United Methodist Church and Ida Long Bible Class.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Mrs. Para L. Brown Smitherman, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy S. Brown, Richmond, Va. and Mrs. Carolyn S. Lawhon, Advance; one son, Larry E. Smitherman, Hanover, Va.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Sallie S. Choplin, E. Bend, Mrs. Mae S. Sizemore, Winston-Salem and Mrs. Eileen S. Burke, Lakeland, Fla.; two brothers, Ralph J. Smitherman, E. Bend and Clyde H. Smitherman, Pfafftown.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Vogler's Reynolda Road Chapel by the Rev. John H. Barnes and the Rev. R. Paschal Waugh. Interment will be in Forsyth Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. to- night at the funeral home.