paul "bud" smitherman
SMITHERMAN, PAUL "BUD," 68, of
Tampa, died Tuesday (March 8, 1994) in Tampa. He was born in Roda, Va.,
and came here in 1960 from Hammond, Ind. He was an ironworker and a
member of the ironworkers union Local 397. He was an Army veteran of
the Korean War and a member of Idlewild Baptist Church. He was a member
of A. W. Windhorst Lodge 185, F&AM, and the Scottish Rite.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette "Jeanie"; two daughters, Gloria Dittman and Diane Marotta, both of Tampa; his mother, Dora Chandler, Big Stone Gap, Va.; a brother, Ray, Centreville, Ala.; four sisters, Glenna Brown, Roanoke, Va., Lorene Conley, Powell, Tenn., Darlene Duff, Pennington Gap, Va., and Verla Wirth, Salem, Va.; and two grandsons. F. T. Blount Funeral Home, Nebraska Avenue Chapel, Tampa.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette "Jeanie"; two daughters, Gloria Dittman and Diane Marotta, both of Tampa; his mother, Dora Chandler, Big Stone Gap, Va.; a brother, Ray, Centreville, Ala.; four sisters, Glenna Brown, Roanoke, Va., Lorene Conley, Powell, Tenn., Darlene Duff, Pennington Gap, Va., and Verla Wirth, Salem, Va.; and two grandsons. F. T. Blount Funeral Home, Nebraska Avenue Chapel, Tampa.