eva (hutchens) smitherman

EAST BEND- Mrs. Eva Hutchens Smitherman, 88, Route 4, died Sunday evening at the Yadkin Nursing Center.

She was born July 2, 1903 in Yadkin County to Wesley Gray and Cammille Mickles Hutchens.

She was a loving mother and homemaker. She was a mem- ber of the Baltimore United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Hobert Ross Smitherman; by a daughter, Mrs. Queen Lawson, and by a son, John Allen Smitherman.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Everette (Gladys) Butner of Winston-Salem and Mrs. Harvey (Nancy) Miller of Courtney; two sons, Donald Smith- erman and Joseph Smitherman, both of East Bend; two daughters- in-law, Mrs. Stacy Smitherman and Mrs. Olive Dale Smitherman, both of East Bend; stepmother, Mrs. Mable Hutchens of Elkin; one sister, Mrs. Alberta Seymore of Dud- ley, N.C.; three half sisters, Marjorie Williams and Linda Nations, both of East Bend and Mary Ruth Shively of California; one half brother, W. B. Hutchens of Jamaica, 15 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; four step grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Baltimore United Methodist Church by the Rev. Steve Johnson. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. to lie in state.