john evan smitherman
BOONVILLE - Mr. John Evan (Ev)
Smitherman, 72, Route 1, died Saturday night at Forsyth Memorial
Hospital after an ex- tended illness.
He was born on April 30, 1917 in Yadkin County to Luther and Anna Reece Smither- man. He was a member of the Union Grove Baptist Church and was a retired house painter.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Jester Smitherman, of the home; one son, Denny Smitherman, El- kin; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ra- mona Smitherman, Elkin; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Crater, Yadkinville; one brother, M. R. Smitherman, Ekin.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Union Grove Bap- tist Church by the Rev. Roy Jester. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. to lie in state and burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Huff Funeral Home in East Bend.
He was born on April 30, 1917 in Yadkin County to Luther and Anna Reece Smither- man. He was a member of the Union Grove Baptist Church and was a retired house painter.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Jester Smitherman, of the home; one son, Denny Smitherman, El- kin; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ra- mona Smitherman, Elkin; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Crater, Yadkinville; one brother, M. R. Smitherman, Ekin.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Union Grove Bap- tist Church by the Rev. Roy Jester. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. to lie in state and burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Huff Funeral Home in East Bend.