eugene franklin smitherman

EUGENE SMITHERMAN, 75, of Memphis, formerly of Lawley, Ala., retired from Frisco Railroad after 30 years, died of heart failure Saturday at Saint Francis Hospital.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Rehobest Baptist Church Cemetery in Centerville, Ala. Rockco Funeral Home in Centerville has charge.

He was a World War II veteran.

Mr. Smitherman, the husband of Louise Smitherman, also leaves three daughters, Barbara Hoffay of Jacksonville, Fla., Donna Smothers of Southaven and Debbie Kimrey of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; a sister, Merle Freeman of Lawley, Ala.; a brother, Glen Smitherman of Jemison, Ala., and six grandchildren.