johnnie samuel smitherman
PALESTINE Graveside services for
Johnnie S. Smitherman, 85, Mesquite, formerly of Palestine, are
scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday in Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas
under direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home of Palestine. Mr.
Smitherman died Tuesday in a Rusk hospital.
Born Dec. 23, 1909, in Bessemer, Ala., to the late William Emmitt Smitherman and Mary Fox Smitherman, he served in the U.S. Army and was a retired engineer for Southern Pacific Railroad. He was a Presbyterian and a member of The Grand Lodge of the Sons of Hermann in San Antonio.
Mr. Smitherman was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Smither- man, in 1994.
Survivors include two sisters, Anita Hoover, Mesquite, and Sarah Gul- li, Staton Island, N.Y.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Born Dec. 23, 1909, in Bessemer, Ala., to the late William Emmitt Smitherman and Mary Fox Smitherman, he served in the U.S. Army and was a retired engineer for Southern Pacific Railroad. He was a Presbyterian and a member of The Grand Lodge of the Sons of Hermann in San Antonio.
Mr. Smitherman was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Smither- man, in 1994.
Survivors include two sisters, Anita Hoover, Mesquite, and Sarah Gul- li, Staton Island, N.Y.; and numerous nieces and nephews.