george franklin smitherman
BOONE Smitherman, 84, Rt. 6,
died Sunday. He was a carpenter and served eight years as a Watauga
County Deputy Sheriff and Jailer and retired as a security guard at
Hound Ears Club.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elfa Greene Smitherman, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Erie Winkler and Mrs. Georgia Jones, both of Boone; one brother, Lewis Smitherman, Boone; five sisters, Mrs. Lucy May, Sugar Grove, Mrs. Sarah Martin, Limestone, Tn., Mrs. Mae Jones, Deland, Fl., Mrs. Ruth May and Mrs. Beulah Ward, both of Lenoir; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Reins- Sturvidant Chapel by Rev. Gordon Noble. Burial will follow at Mount- lawn Memorial Park and Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Claudia Hope Millsaps Leukemia Fund, P.O. Box 164 Sugar Grove, N.C., The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1903, Boone or the Dr. J. B. Hagaman Jr. Coronary Care Unit, Watauga County Hospital, Boone. The fam- ily will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elfa Greene Smitherman, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Erie Winkler and Mrs. Georgia Jones, both of Boone; one brother, Lewis Smitherman, Boone; five sisters, Mrs. Lucy May, Sugar Grove, Mrs. Sarah Martin, Limestone, Tn., Mrs. Mae Jones, Deland, Fl., Mrs. Ruth May and Mrs. Beulah Ward, both of Lenoir; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Reins- Sturvidant Chapel by Rev. Gordon Noble. Burial will follow at Mount- lawn Memorial Park and Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Claudia Hope Millsaps Leukemia Fund, P.O. Box 164 Sugar Grove, N.C., The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1903, Boone or the Dr. J. B. Hagaman Jr. Coronary Care Unit, Watauga County Hospital, Boone. The fam- ily will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.