robert houston smitherman
Graveside services for Robert H.
(Bob) Smitherman, 77, of Karnack Place will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday at Andrews Cemetery in Karnack with O.L. Stafford officiating.
Arrangements are by the Sullivan Family of Funeral Directors.
Mr. Smitherman died at 11:09 a.m. Thursday, May 17, 1990 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview after a short illness.
He was born May 10, 1913 in Gregg County a son of Daniel Houston Smitherman and Lovie Rebecca Smelley Smitherman. He married Daisy Bramlett on April 4, 1963 in Marshall. He was an electronic technician and previously owned Marshall Radio & Refrigeration Co. and B&B Electronics in Jefferson. He attended Longview public schools and was a member of Karnack Methodist Church and the American Legion. He was a former member of the Lions Club. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Survivors include his wife of Karnack; two sons, Robert Ellis Smitherman of Winston, Calif. and Bill C. Smitherman of Marshall; one daughter, Mrs. Cheryl (Kay) Coats of Paris; five grandchildren, Danny Joe Smitherman of Marshall, Vernon S. "Pete" Williams of Atwater, Calif., Kathy Levesque of Merced, Calif., Diane Pimentel of Atwater, Calif. and Charles Vance Coats Jr. of Paris; three great-grandchildren; one brother, David Alvin Smitherman of Longview; two sisters, Mrs. Marvin (Mary Bell) Duncan of Marshall and Mrs. Wiley (Virginia) Wineger of Longview.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Smitherman in 1988 and a sister Lou Ella Bussey in 1978.
Pallbearers will be Sonny Holland, Mead Rex Bramlett, Bill W. Wadlington, Arnold Bramlett Jr., James Bramlett, Harold Bridges and Carol Bramlett.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ed Joseph, Tommy Turner and his many personal friends.
The body will be at Sullivan Funeral Home Travis Street Chapel until 12:45 p.m. Saturday.
Visitation hours will be from 6-8 p.m. today.
Mr. Smitherman died at 11:09 a.m. Thursday, May 17, 1990 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview after a short illness.
He was born May 10, 1913 in Gregg County a son of Daniel Houston Smitherman and Lovie Rebecca Smelley Smitherman. He married Daisy Bramlett on April 4, 1963 in Marshall. He was an electronic technician and previously owned Marshall Radio & Refrigeration Co. and B&B Electronics in Jefferson. He attended Longview public schools and was a member of Karnack Methodist Church and the American Legion. He was a former member of the Lions Club. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Survivors include his wife of Karnack; two sons, Robert Ellis Smitherman of Winston, Calif. and Bill C. Smitherman of Marshall; one daughter, Mrs. Cheryl (Kay) Coats of Paris; five grandchildren, Danny Joe Smitherman of Marshall, Vernon S. "Pete" Williams of Atwater, Calif., Kathy Levesque of Merced, Calif., Diane Pimentel of Atwater, Calif. and Charles Vance Coats Jr. of Paris; three great-grandchildren; one brother, David Alvin Smitherman of Longview; two sisters, Mrs. Marvin (Mary Bell) Duncan of Marshall and Mrs. Wiley (Virginia) Wineger of Longview.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Smitherman in 1988 and a sister Lou Ella Bussey in 1978.
Pallbearers will be Sonny Holland, Mead Rex Bramlett, Bill W. Wadlington, Arnold Bramlett Jr., James Bramlett, Harold Bridges and Carol Bramlett.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ed Joseph, Tommy Turner and his many personal friends.
The body will be at Sullivan Funeral Home Travis Street Chapel until 12:45 p.m. Saturday.
Visitation hours will be from 6-8 p.m. today.