ollie (birdsong) smitherman
Services for Ollie B.
Smitherman, 81, of Longview will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Winterfield
United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Crowe officiating.
Burial will be in Winterfield Cemetery under the direction of
Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Smitherman Family visitation will be
6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. She died April 30.
Mrs. Smitherman was born Oct. 20, 1912, in Kilgore, and lived in Gregg County all her life. She married Joe C. Smitherman in 1933. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Smitherman was a member of Winterfield United Methodist Church and a member of the Good Shepherd Medical Center Auxiliary where she logged more than 550 hours as a volunteer. Also, she was named Volunteer of the Year 1991-1992.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Joe Van and Linda of Longview; brothers, Horace Birdsong of Longview, Carl T. Birdsong of Beaumont and Bill M. Birdsong of Kirbyville; sisters, Audrey Walters of Mineola, Hulan McLeod of Magnolia Springs, Ruth Collins and Dorothy Byerly, both of Jasper, LaVonne Montgomery of Chandler, Janell Johnson of Kilgore and Linda Kitchens of Kingsland, Ark.; grandsons, Jody, Mark and Jeff in the military; a great-granddaughter; a number of brothers and sisters- in-law; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Smitherman was born Oct. 20, 1912, in Kilgore, and lived in Gregg County all her life. She married Joe C. Smitherman in 1933. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Smitherman was a member of Winterfield United Methodist Church and a member of the Good Shepherd Medical Center Auxiliary where she logged more than 550 hours as a volunteer. Also, she was named Volunteer of the Year 1991-1992.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Joe Van and Linda of Longview; brothers, Horace Birdsong of Longview, Carl T. Birdsong of Beaumont and Bill M. Birdsong of Kirbyville; sisters, Audrey Walters of Mineola, Hulan McLeod of Magnolia Springs, Ruth Collins and Dorothy Byerly, both of Jasper, LaVonne Montgomery of Chandler, Janell Johnson of Kilgore and Linda Kitchens of Kingsland, Ark.; grandsons, Jody, Mark and Jeff in the military; a great-granddaughter; a number of brothers and sisters- in-law; and a number of nieces and nephews.