eugene hartwell smitherman

Eugene Hartwell Smitherman, 77, of 205 N. Fourth, died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at a hospital in Baytown.

Smitherman was a native of Ratcliff, Tex. He came to Baytown in 1927 and was employed in the labor department at Humble's Baytown Refinery, retiring in 1958.

He was a member of Trinity Tabernacle and Barracks No. 3481 of World War I Veterans, Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Cynia Smitherman of Baytown; a daughter, Mrs. Aneice McCorkle and son-in-law, the Rev. Franklin McCorkle of Ghana, West Africa; a grand- daughter, Miss Ammonna Sue McCorkle of Springfield, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Lou Hunziker of Groveton and Mrs. Belle Connor of Ratcliff.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Fri- day at the Paul U. Lee Chapel, with the Rev. J. J. Krimmer, pastor of Trinity Tabernacle, officiating.

Full military services will be conducted at the grave.  Burial will be in Hill of Rest Cemetery.