ruth eldora (clodfelter) smitherman
Mrs. Ruth Clodfelter Smitherman,
72, 1101 Cloister Dr., died Sunday at Forsyth Hospital after declining
health of several years.
A native of Lexington, she was born to the late Numa H. and Emma Motsinger Clodfelter. She was a retired hairdresser. Mrs. Smitherman was a graduate of Arcadia High School in 1934 and Marshall School of Beauty Culture in Winston-Salem. She was a member of Konnoak United Methodist Church, where she served as librarian. During World War II, she was a licensed radio operator for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. She was a former employee of Baptist Hospital, where she worked in admitting for eight years. She was married to Willis E. Smitherman in 1940.
Surviving are one son, Edward Smitherman, Winston-Salem; one daughter, Mrs. Ingrid S. Woods, Asbury Park, N.J.; two sisters, Mrs. Avery (Grace) White, Midway and Miss Ora Essie Clodfelter, Chester, Va. and several cousins.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Midway United Methodist Church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Society. Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
A native of Lexington, she was born to the late Numa H. and Emma Motsinger Clodfelter. She was a retired hairdresser. Mrs. Smitherman was a graduate of Arcadia High School in 1934 and Marshall School of Beauty Culture in Winston-Salem. She was a member of Konnoak United Methodist Church, where she served as librarian. During World War II, she was a licensed radio operator for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. She was a former employee of Baptist Hospital, where she worked in admitting for eight years. She was married to Willis E. Smitherman in 1940.
Surviving are one son, Edward Smitherman, Winston-Salem; one daughter, Mrs. Ingrid S. Woods, Asbury Park, N.J.; two sisters, Mrs. Avery (Grace) White, Midway and Miss Ora Essie Clodfelter, Chester, Va. and several cousins.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Midway United Methodist Church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Society. Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel is in charge of arrangements.