kenneth darrell "red" smitherman
FORT WORTH- Kenneth Darrell "Red" Smitherman, a retired dairy truck driver, died Wednesday at a Fort Worth hospital. He was 60.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at Robertson Mueller Harper-Eighth Avenue. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today in Frost Cemetery in Frost.
Mr. Smitherman was born in Navarro County and had lived in Fort Worth since 1942. He began working for Vandervoort Dairies when he was 13 and later worked at Foremost Dairies, where he was a route driver delivering mainly to schools.
Mr. Smitherman was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church.
Survivors: Three sons, Darel Smitherman Jr., Jim Smitherman and Larry Smitherman, all of Fort Worth; daughter, Deborah Hudnall of Brock; two brothers, Gary Smitherman of Morgan and Bud Smitherman of Van Alystyne; two sisters, Barbara Green of Rendon and Nell Hatfield of Fort Worth; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at Robertson Mueller Harper-Eighth Avenue. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today in Frost Cemetery in Frost.
Mr. Smitherman was born in Navarro County and had lived in Fort Worth since 1942. He began working for Vandervoort Dairies when he was 13 and later worked at Foremost Dairies, where he was a route driver delivering mainly to schools.
Mr. Smitherman was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church.
Survivors: Three sons, Darel Smitherman Jr., Jim Smitherman and Larry Smitherman, all of Fort Worth; daughter, Deborah Hudnall of Brock; two brothers, Gary Smitherman of Morgan and Bud Smitherman of Van Alystyne; two sisters, Barbara Green of Rendon and Nell Hatfield of Fort Worth; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.