grace elizabeth (nicholson) smitherman
Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Smitherman,
well-known Forsyth county woman, died at her home on the Reynolda road,
near Maple Springs M. P. Church, Monday morning at 10:45 o'clock
following a lingering illness of three years. She had been confined to
her bed about a week and. while death came as a shock to her relatives
and many friends, it was not unexpected.
She was born in Guilford county, April 2, 1857, the daughter of Moses and Mary Gamble Nicholson, and was 78 years of age at the time of her death. She was married to A. M. Smitherman, March 9, 1881, and lived in Yadkin county a number of years, moving to the present nome- place five years ago. She was a loyal and beloved member of Baltimore M. P. Church.
Surviving are the husband; three daughters, Miss Maud Smitherman, of the home place; Mrs. Frank Myers, of Yadkin county, and Mrs. W. 0. Hauser, of Marshaltown, Iowa; five sons, D. M. Smitherman, of Din- widdie, Va.; J. H. and F. B. Smith- erman, of Winston-Salem; A. L. Hauser, of Dinwiddie, Va., and A. E. Hauser, of Virginia Beach, Va.; thirty-six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two brothers, George and Charles Nicholson, of Yadkin county.
She was born in Guilford county, April 2, 1857, the daughter of Moses and Mary Gamble Nicholson, and was 78 years of age at the time of her death. She was married to A. M. Smitherman, March 9, 1881, and lived in Yadkin county a number of years, moving to the present nome- place five years ago. She was a loyal and beloved member of Baltimore M. P. Church.
Surviving are the husband; three daughters, Miss Maud Smitherman, of the home place; Mrs. Frank Myers, of Yadkin county, and Mrs. W. 0. Hauser, of Marshaltown, Iowa; five sons, D. M. Smitherman, of Din- widdie, Va.; J. H. and F. B. Smith- erman, of Winston-Salem; A. L. Hauser, of Dinwiddie, Va., and A. E. Hauser, of Virginia Beach, Va.; thirty-six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two brothers, George and Charles Nicholson, of Yadkin county.
The
body will remain at the Vogler Funeral Home until 12:45 p.m. Tuesday,
when it will be taken to Baltimore M. P. Church for the funeral.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., with Rev. R. A. Hunter and
Rev. Mr. Faree officiating. Interment will be made in the church
cemetery.