derl gray smitherman
EAST BEND - Mr. Derl Gray
Smitherman, 47, of East Bend, Rt. 2, died at his home at 11:30 p.m.
Friday. Funeral services will be con- ducted at 2 p.m. Monday at
Forbush Friends Meeting. The body will lie in state from 1:30 to 2 p.m.
The Rev. Elmer Thomas, the Rev. Claude Hobson, and the Rev. Harold
Smisor will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Smitherman was born in Yadkin County to Yancy A. and Edith Hutchens Smitherman. He was a dairy farmer and a member of Forbush Friends Meeting
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ann Shore Smitherman of the home; two sons. Wayne Gray and Mark Shore Smitherman both of the home; his parents; one brother, Hal Smitherman of Rt. 2, East Bend; one sister, Mrs. Janice Williard of Rt. 5. Mocksville.
In lieu of flowers, any memorials may be made to Forbush Friends Meeting Cemetery Fund. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sun- day at Huff Funeral Home in East Bend.
Mr. Smitherman was born in Yadkin County to Yancy A. and Edith Hutchens Smitherman. He was a dairy farmer and a member of Forbush Friends Meeting
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ann Shore Smitherman of the home; two sons. Wayne Gray and Mark Shore Smitherman both of the home; his parents; one brother, Hal Smitherman of Rt. 2, East Bend; one sister, Mrs. Janice Williard of Rt. 5. Mocksville.
In lieu of flowers, any memorials may be made to Forbush Friends Meeting Cemetery Fund. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sun- day at Huff Funeral Home in East Bend.