nonnie etta (ball) smitherman
Nonnie Etta Ball Smitherman, 85,
of 150 Lyles Street in Elkin, died about 10 p.m. Wednesday, Janu- ary
1, at Willowbrook Healthcare Cen- ter in Yadkinville. She had been
critically ill for five weeks.
Mrs. Smitherman was born on July 15, 1911, to Robert Lee and Fannie Bell Alexander Ball. She was a retired employee of the binding department of Chatham Manufacturing Company and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesville. She was married in 1935 to Jether A. Smitherman, who died in 1969. Their daughter, Jean Smitherman Gesteland, died in 1993.
Mrs. Smitherman's survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Wes and Lynette Smitherman of Jamestown; four step- daughters, Mrs. James (Opal) Mabe of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Ralph (Dorothy) Nelson of East Bend, Mrs. Max (Evelyn) Sparks of Winston-Salem and Joan Smitherman Dawson of Winston-Salem; a son-in-law, Robert Gesteland of Cincinnati, Ohio; a stepdaughter-in- law, Mrs. Bob (Helen) Smitherman of Jonesville; and a sister, Mrs. Leon (Hal- lie) Disher of Elkin. The extended family also includes 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Jonesville by the Rev. Max Hill. Burial will follow in Forsyth Memorial Park in Winston-Sa- lem. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Johnson Funeral Home, 615 W. Main Street, Elkin. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Jonesville, 134 Winston Road, Jonesville 28642
Mrs. Smitherman was born on July 15, 1911, to Robert Lee and Fannie Bell Alexander Ball. She was a retired employee of the binding department of Chatham Manufacturing Company and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesville. She was married in 1935 to Jether A. Smitherman, who died in 1969. Their daughter, Jean Smitherman Gesteland, died in 1993.
Mrs. Smitherman's survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Wes and Lynette Smitherman of Jamestown; four step- daughters, Mrs. James (Opal) Mabe of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Ralph (Dorothy) Nelson of East Bend, Mrs. Max (Evelyn) Sparks of Winston-Salem and Joan Smitherman Dawson of Winston-Salem; a son-in-law, Robert Gesteland of Cincinnati, Ohio; a stepdaughter-in- law, Mrs. Bob (Helen) Smitherman of Jonesville; and a sister, Mrs. Leon (Hal- lie) Disher of Elkin. The extended family also includes 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Jonesville by the Rev. Max Hill. Burial will follow in Forsyth Memorial Park in Winston-Sa- lem. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Johnson Funeral Home, 615 W. Main Street, Elkin. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Jonesville, 134 Winston Road, Jonesville 28642