mable m (smitherman) dinkins

Mrs Mable Smitherman Dinkins, 77, of Route 2 died Saturday afternoon at the Yadkin Nursing Center. She was born in Yadkin County May 9, 1915 to Carlie and Tennie Spear Smitherman.

She was a member of the Forbush Ruritan Club and married to Nelson G. Dinkins, who survives, of the home. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Patricia Shoaf and husband, Richard, of Lexington, Ms. Kay Chamberlain of Yadkinville; a son, Wallace Dinkins of Win- ston-Salem; three sisters, Irene Joyner of Pfafftown, Edna Baker, Winston-Salem and Edith Stone of North Wilkesboro; one brother, Guy V. Smitherman of East Bend; two granddaughters, Brenna and Melin- da Chamberlain of Yadkinville.

Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Mackie-Gentry Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Ricky Speas. Burial will follow in the For- bush Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Forbush Baptist Church, Cemetery Fund, Rt. 2, Box 242, Yadkinville, NC 27055 or Forbush Ruritan Club.