luther lee smitherman
EAST BEND Luther Lee Smitherman,
80, of East Bend, Rt. 1, a former Yadkin County commissioner, died at 4
p.m. yesterday at Maple Grove Rest Home near Winston-Salem. He had been
in declining health several years and seriously ill ten weeks.
He was a retired merchant and a member of Baltimore Methodist Church. He served two terms as commissioner several years ago,
Mr. Smitherman was born in Yadkin County to Joseph and Nancy Fletcher Smitherman.
His first wife, the former Anna Reece, died in 1956. His second wife, Mrs. Tina Blakeley Smitherman, survives.
Survivors Listed
Also surviving are two sons, Marshall and Evan Smitherman, both of East Bend, Rt. 1; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse Styers of East Bend, Rt. 1, and Mrs. Ruth Crater of Yadkinville; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchil- dren; two brothers, Hobert Smitherman of East Bend, Rt. 2, and J. Harold Smitherman of Winston- Salem.
The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Union Grove Baptist Church by the Rev. Jim Murphy and the Rev. Harry Walk- er. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be taken home at 4 p.m. today from Burchette and Huff Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Friday.
He was a retired merchant and a member of Baltimore Methodist Church. He served two terms as commissioner several years ago,
Mr. Smitherman was born in Yadkin County to Joseph and Nancy Fletcher Smitherman.
His first wife, the former Anna Reece, died in 1956. His second wife, Mrs. Tina Blakeley Smitherman, survives.
Survivors Listed
Also surviving are two sons, Marshall and Evan Smitherman, both of East Bend, Rt. 1; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse Styers of East Bend, Rt. 1, and Mrs. Ruth Crater of Yadkinville; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchil- dren; two brothers, Hobert Smitherman of East Bend, Rt. 2, and J. Harold Smitherman of Winston- Salem.
The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Union Grove Baptist Church by the Rev. Jim Murphy and the Rev. Harry Walk- er. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be taken home at 4 p.m. today from Burchette and Huff Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Friday.