marion jackson fillmore smitherman
Funeral
services for M. J. Smitherman, 95, were held Tuesday morning at First
Christian church, the Rev. John Lawler, pastor, offi- ciating. Campbell
Funeral Home made burial in Mt. Olivet ceme- tery.
Pallbearers were Bonnie Davis, John Hoffman, Ben Dean, Richard Biard, F. O. Deatheridge and Allan Ohlfest.
Mr. Smitherman, a resident of Hugo 30 years, died Friday in Mansville, where he made his home with a daughter, Mrs. P. W. Williams.
Mr. Smitherman left Hugo soon after the death of his wife in 1951 and had since lived at Mansville. Hew as the father of Miss Beatrice Smitherman, who formerly taught school at Ft. Towson and now lives in Texas, and Mrs. Lars Djernis, Texarkana, the former Miss Ludie Smitherman, a Hugo school teacher before her marriage. During most of his residence here Mr. Smitherman operated a stock farm. He was a member of the Christian Church.
In addition to the daughters previously mentioned, survivors in- clude six other children. They are Mrs. Tom Suttle, Odessa, Tex.: Mrs. Ramon Tippit, Dallas; O. W. Smitherman and C. D. Smitherman, Ft. Worth; C. F. Smitherman and Rufus Smitherman, Athens, Tex.
Pallbearers were Bonnie Davis, John Hoffman, Ben Dean, Richard Biard, F. O. Deatheridge and Allan Ohlfest.
Mr. Smitherman, a resident of Hugo 30 years, died Friday in Mansville, where he made his home with a daughter, Mrs. P. W. Williams.
Mr. Smitherman left Hugo soon after the death of his wife in 1951 and had since lived at Mansville. Hew as the father of Miss Beatrice Smitherman, who formerly taught school at Ft. Towson and now lives in Texas, and Mrs. Lars Djernis, Texarkana, the former Miss Ludie Smitherman, a Hugo school teacher before her marriage. During most of his residence here Mr. Smitherman operated a stock farm. He was a member of the Christian Church.
In addition to the daughters previously mentioned, survivors in- clude six other children. They are Mrs. Tom Suttle, Odessa, Tex.: Mrs. Ramon Tippit, Dallas; O. W. Smitherman and C. D. Smitherman, Ft. Worth; C. F. Smitherman and Rufus Smitherman, Athens, Tex.