pearl (hobson) smitherman
Mrs. Pearl Hobson Smitherman,
59, wife of Fred Smitherman of East Bend, Rt. 2, died of cancer at 3
p.m. yesterday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ervin Line- berry of
Lewisville, Rt. 1. Mrs. Smitherman had been in declining health three
years and in critical -condition five months.
She was born Sept. 8, 1900, in Yadkin County to William and Tempie Williams.
She attended Baltimore Meth- odist Church and spent most of her life in Yadkin County.
Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. R. J. Hoots, of 2351 Lyndhurst Street and Mrs. Ervin Lineberry of Lewisville, Rt. 1; a son, Jether W. Smither- man of Portsmouth, Va.; five sis- ters, Mrs. Lula Stevenson of Charlotte, Mrs. Minnie Duffie of California, Mrs. W. H. Smither- man of East Bend, Rt. 2, Mrs. Lester Allgood of Middleton Av- enue, and Mrs. Carolyn Whiteside of Arlington, Va.; three brothers, John Hobson of Eddyville, N. Y., Leo Hobson of East Bend, Rt. 2, and Gurnie Hobson of Yadkinville, Rt. 2; four half brothers, Everett, J. W., Troy and Ivan Hobson, all of Winston-Salem; and four half sisters, Mrs. Hubert Williams of Fenimore Street, Mrs. Allen Whicker of Grover Avenue, Mrs. Gorrell Sheek and Mrs. Gladys Reece, both of Winston-Salem, Rt. 1.
Funeral arrangements are in- complete. The body will be at Wall Glade Hill Chapel until taken to the home at 5 p.m. today.
She was born Sept. 8, 1900, in Yadkin County to William and Tempie Williams.
She attended Baltimore Meth- odist Church and spent most of her life in Yadkin County.
Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. R. J. Hoots, of 2351 Lyndhurst Street and Mrs. Ervin Lineberry of Lewisville, Rt. 1; a son, Jether W. Smither- man of Portsmouth, Va.; five sis- ters, Mrs. Lula Stevenson of Charlotte, Mrs. Minnie Duffie of California, Mrs. W. H. Smither- man of East Bend, Rt. 2, Mrs. Lester Allgood of Middleton Av- enue, and Mrs. Carolyn Whiteside of Arlington, Va.; three brothers, John Hobson of Eddyville, N. Y., Leo Hobson of East Bend, Rt. 2, and Gurnie Hobson of Yadkinville, Rt. 2; four half brothers, Everett, J. W., Troy and Ivan Hobson, all of Winston-Salem; and four half sisters, Mrs. Hubert Williams of Fenimore Street, Mrs. Allen Whicker of Grover Avenue, Mrs. Gorrell Sheek and Mrs. Gladys Reece, both of Winston-Salem, Rt. 1.
Funeral arrangements are in- complete. The body will be at Wall Glade Hill Chapel until taken to the home at 5 p.m. today.