sarah elizabeth (smitherman) blalock

Mrs. Elizabeth Smitherman Blalock, 90, the widow of Quay Lyle Blalock, died Tuesday, April 13, 1999, at Arbor Acres. Mrs. Blalock was born January 15, 1909 in Winston-Salem to John Wilson and Sara Williams Smitherman.

She was in the first graduating class of R.J. Reynolds High School in 1926 and graduated from Farmville Teachers College in Farmville, Va. She was with the Winston-Salem School System for many years and was a life long member of Centenary United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Blalock is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Lynn Hemingway and husband, Dr. George C. Hemingway, Jr. of Tarboro; her son, Lyle Blalock of Charlotte; and three grandchildren, Susan Wood of Edenton, Alice Baker of Wrightsville Beach, and George C. Hemingway, III, of Wilmington; two great grandsons, Gilliam and George Wood of Edenton.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forsyth Memorial Park with Rev. Bill Roth officiating. Memorials may be made to Arbor Acres, 1240 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27104. Vogler & Sons Reynolda Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.