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SMITHERMAN, MR. FITTS J., age 76, of Birmingham died Wednesday, November 24, 1993.
He was a native of Centreville, (Bibb County), where he was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. During WW II, Mr. Smitherman was employed by the U. S. Navy Ship Yards in Charleston, SC. He was the President and Founder of Smitherman Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Co. for 49 years and a Birmingham area Real Estate developer. He is a past member of the Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham, past president of the Association. of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors for both the State of Alabama and Jefferson County. He served for 20 years on the Board of Plumbing Examiners for the City of Birmingham. Mr. Smitherman received an Award of Distinction from the Association of Mechanical Contractors as being the member of longest years in service to the industry in Jefferson County.
Funeral service will be Saturday, 10:00 A.M. at Ridout's Valley Chapel with burial at Elmwood. Visitation will be Friday eve- ning from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at the fu- neral home. Dr. Jim Moebes of Mt. Brook Bap- tist Church will officiate.
Survivors: wife, Mrs. Rosemary Sharp Smitherman; daughter, Mrs. Ann Smitherman Sanders; son-in-law, Mr. Ken- neth L. Sanders; grandchildren, Miss Christine Sanders and Mr. Kenneth Fitts Sanders all of Mt. Brook. He is also survived by two sisters, Miss Helen Virginia Smitherman and Mrs. Har- riett Smitherman Harris both of Chatanooga, Tenn.
The family suggests memorials be made to John Croyle's Big Oak Ranch for Boys, 250 Jake Mintz Road, South Side, AL 35903
He was a native of Centreville, (Bibb County), where he was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church. During WW II, Mr. Smitherman was employed by the U. S. Navy Ship Yards in Charleston, SC. He was the President and Founder of Smitherman Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Co. for 49 years and a Birmingham area Real Estate developer. He is a past member of the Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham, past president of the Association. of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors for both the State of Alabama and Jefferson County. He served for 20 years on the Board of Plumbing Examiners for the City of Birmingham. Mr. Smitherman received an Award of Distinction from the Association of Mechanical Contractors as being the member of longest years in service to the industry in Jefferson County.
Funeral service will be Saturday, 10:00 A.M. at Ridout's Valley Chapel with burial at Elmwood. Visitation will be Friday eve- ning from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at the fu- neral home. Dr. Jim Moebes of Mt. Brook Bap- tist Church will officiate.
Survivors: wife, Mrs. Rosemary Sharp Smitherman; daughter, Mrs. Ann Smitherman Sanders; son-in-law, Mr. Ken- neth L. Sanders; grandchildren, Miss Christine Sanders and Mr. Kenneth Fitts Sanders all of Mt. Brook. He is also survived by two sisters, Miss Helen Virginia Smitherman and Mrs. Har- riett Smitherman Harris both of Chatanooga, Tenn.
The family suggests memorials be made to John Croyle's Big Oak Ranch for Boys, 250 Jake Mintz Road, South Side, AL 35903