15 March 1943 - 22 March 2024
Jerry
Lavaughn Smitherman, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 22,
2024 at home in Jesup, Georgia under the care of Hospice of South
Georgia and his loving family. A resident of Jesup, Georgia for
the past fourteen years and former resident of Elmore, Alabama, Jerry
was born on March 15, 1943 in Clanton, Alabama to the late, Curtis and
Alzie Bice Smitherman. He was always a hard worker, doing steel
work in his younger years before taking a job with Autauga Farming
Company where he worked in the maintenance department. Later, Jerry
continued his work in maintenance, working with the City of Millbrook,
Alabama from which he retired in 2009. When he wasn’t working,
Jerry was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and bass
fishing. In addition to his parents, his three brothers, Donald,
Larry and Lyndon Smitherman and his sister, Shirley Owens, all preceded
him in death. Survivors include his wife of nearly sixty-two
years, Annette Smitherman of Jesup, Georgia; two children, Jerome
Smitherman and Susan Albert and husband, John all of Jesup, Georgia;
two sisters, Patricia Clecker of Clanton, Alabama and Linda Warr and
husband, Pete of Verbena, Alabama; grandchildren, Jerry Smitherman and
wife, Amy of Tuscumbia, Alabama, Andrew McGraw of Atlanta, Patricia
Wiest and husband, Jake of Alaska and Wyatt Albert of Jesup and great
grandchildren, Madison Smitherman of Graham, Washington, Danika
Smitherman of Tuscumbia, Alabama, Kristian Whitehurst and Logan
Currington both of Montgomery, Alabama. Special friends, Liz
Wright, Jerry Garner, Ramona Martin, Ethan Garner and Ed Knoll and a
host of nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family members also
survive. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March
26, 2024 at Prattville Memorial Chapel and Memory Gardens in Prattville
Alabama with Reverend Walter Batyski officiating. The family will
receive friends one hour prior to the services at the funeral
home. Interment will follow in Prattville Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be John Albert, Andrew McGraw, Leslie Boozer,
Richard Robinson, Jerry T. Smitherman and Ed Knoll. Please sign
our guestbook online at www.jesupfuneralhome.com.