roy harding smitherman
ABERNATHY - Graveside services
for Roy H. Smitherman, 71, were at 2 p.m. Sunday in Abernathy Cemetery
with the Rev. Jesse Gilham, pastor of Wayne Avenue Baptist Church,
officiating. Burial arrangements were by Resthaven Funeral Home.
Mr. Smitherman died at 5:45 p.m. Friday, March 20, 1992 in Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a brief illness. He was born in Clarendon and had lived in Abernathy for the last 40 years. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a service technician for irrigation pumps.
He married Vanda Lea Forester on Dec. 13, 1941 in Clovis, N.M.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Roy Lee of Idalou, Vernie Ray and Jim, both of Lubbock, and Monty of Abernathy; a daughter, Roxy Ann Saroka of Wellborn; a brother, Jim of Big Lake; 13 grandchildren; and five great- grandchildren.
A son, Robert H. Smitherman, died Oct. 28, 1973.
Mr. Smitherman died at 5:45 p.m. Friday, March 20, 1992 in Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a brief illness. He was born in Clarendon and had lived in Abernathy for the last 40 years. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a service technician for irrigation pumps.
He married Vanda Lea Forester on Dec. 13, 1941 in Clovis, N.M.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Roy Lee of Idalou, Vernie Ray and Jim, both of Lubbock, and Monty of Abernathy; a daughter, Roxy Ann Saroka of Wellborn; a brother, Jim of Big Lake; 13 grandchildren; and five great- grandchildren.
A son, Robert H. Smitherman, died Oct. 28, 1973.