robert jasper smitherman
Funeral services for R. J.
Smitherman, age 83, who died in a Delhi Clinic, were held Nov. 22, at 2
p. m. at the Liberty Hill church in Bienville. Rev. John S. Hurt,
pastor of the Jonesboro Baptist church, assisted by Rev. Bryan of Lake
Providence, officiated.
Mr. Smitherman was born in Alabama and was a resident of Lake Providence. Interment was in the Liberty Hill cemetery under the direction of the Southern Funeral Home. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
He is survived by three sons, Lisso Smitherman, Epps; Elzie and Dawson Smitherman of Lake Providence; seven daughters: Mrs. Albert Jonietz, Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Ardie Morris, Lufkin, Texas Mrs. P. H. Nash, Houston; Texas; Mrs. Willie Payne, Dodson; Mrs. Arma Maxwell, Jonesboro, Mrs. Hallot Sanders, West Monroe and Mrs. Nellie Warner, Monroe. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren survive.
Mr. Smitherman was born in Alabama and was a resident of Lake Providence. Interment was in the Liberty Hill cemetery under the direction of the Southern Funeral Home. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
He is survived by three sons, Lisso Smitherman, Epps; Elzie and Dawson Smitherman of Lake Providence; seven daughters: Mrs. Albert Jonietz, Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Ardie Morris, Lufkin, Texas Mrs. P. H. Nash, Houston; Texas; Mrs. Willie Payne, Dodson; Mrs. Arma Maxwell, Jonesboro, Mrs. Hallot Sanders, West Monroe and Mrs. Nellie Warner, Monroe. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren survive.