grover s smitherman

Funeral services for Grover S. Smitherman, 51, stepfather of Mrs. George H. Barber of Dothan, will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Ward-Wilson Funeral Chapel with a chaplain from Fort Rucker officiating. Burial, with full military rites at the graveside, will be in Dothan City Cemetery.

Mr. Smitherman, formerly stationed at Fort Rucker, died Sunday in Tampa following a brief illness.

A native of Jonesboro, La., he served 12 years in the Army and participated in World War II and the Korean Conflict.

Besides Mrs. Barber, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Inez Ellis Smitherman, Tampa: two step-grandchildren; several aunts and uncles.