john wilson smitherman
Funeral services for John Wilson
Smitherman, 88, of 2525 Miller Park Circle, retired owner and operator
of J. W. Smitherman Wholesale Grocery Co., will be conducted at 10:30
a.m. today at Voglers Chapel by the Rev. J. C. Auman. Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Thomas R. Yates, J. E. Tate, A. R. Talley, R. E. Henning, B. A. Slate and R. P. Scott.
Mr. Smitherman was born Nov. 10, 1870, in Yadkin County, a son of Alexander and Susan Kearley Smitherman.
He attended the Yadkin County schools. He had lived in Winston- Salem for 50 years. He retired in 1952 from the wholesale grocery business.
He was twice married, first to Miss Sarah Williams who died April 30, 1948. On Aug. 14, 1951, he married Mrs. Faith Stovall Menefee.
He was a member of Centenary Methodist Church and Winston Lodge 167, A.F. and A.M. He was a member of the Travelers Pro- tective Assn. and a director for 20 years.
Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Fred McNair of College Village Apartments, Mrs. Quay Blalock of 1844 Meadowbrook Drive and Mrs. Ruth Hartley of 923 Carolina Avenue; a son, P. C. Smitherman of Los Angeles, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.
Mr. Smitherman died yesterday at a Winston-Salem hospital. He had been in declining health for a year and in serious condition for two weeks.
Pallbearers will be Thomas R. Yates, J. E. Tate, A. R. Talley, R. E. Henning, B. A. Slate and R. P. Scott.
Mr. Smitherman was born Nov. 10, 1870, in Yadkin County, a son of Alexander and Susan Kearley Smitherman.
He attended the Yadkin County schools. He had lived in Winston- Salem for 50 years. He retired in 1952 from the wholesale grocery business.
He was twice married, first to Miss Sarah Williams who died April 30, 1948. On Aug. 14, 1951, he married Mrs. Faith Stovall Menefee.
He was a member of Centenary Methodist Church and Winston Lodge 167, A.F. and A.M. He was a member of the Travelers Pro- tective Assn. and a director for 20 years.
Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Fred McNair of College Village Apartments, Mrs. Quay Blalock of 1844 Meadowbrook Drive and Mrs. Ruth Hartley of 923 Carolina Avenue; a son, P. C. Smitherman of Los Angeles, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.
Mr. Smitherman died yesterday at a Winston-Salem hospital. He had been in declining health for a year and in serious condition for two weeks.