sarah (smitherman) hutchens
EAST BEND- Mrs. Sarah Smitherman
Hutchens, 96, of Rt. 1, East Bend, died Sunday morning, July 2, 1995 at
the Yadkin Nursing Center in Yadkinville.
She was born March 28, 1899 in Yadkin County to Robert and Betty Spillman Smitherman. She was a member of the Forbush Friends Meeting.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Evan Hut- chens in October 1976; and by a son, Ralph Hutchens in March 1936. Surviving are one son, Reynolds (Mattie) Hutchens of East Bend; four daughters, Nellie (William) Bryant of Yadkinville, Ida (Bill) Lawson, and Betty (Edgar) Wooten, both of East Bend, and Dot Crews of Yadkinville; one sister, Hester Hockett of Union, Iowa; one brother, Jody Smitherman of Lewisville; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Forbush Friends Meeting by Rev. Winfred Crouse and Rev. Jake Penley. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. to lie in state. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Huff Funeral Home in East Bend. Memorials may be made to the Forbush Friends Building Fund, c/ o Mary Wooten, 2821 Mill Hill Rd., East Bend, NC 27018.
She was born March 28, 1899 in Yadkin County to Robert and Betty Spillman Smitherman. She was a member of the Forbush Friends Meeting.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Evan Hut- chens in October 1976; and by a son, Ralph Hutchens in March 1936. Surviving are one son, Reynolds (Mattie) Hutchens of East Bend; four daughters, Nellie (William) Bryant of Yadkinville, Ida (Bill) Lawson, and Betty (Edgar) Wooten, both of East Bend, and Dot Crews of Yadkinville; one sister, Hester Hockett of Union, Iowa; one brother, Jody Smitherman of Lewisville; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Forbush Friends Meeting by Rev. Winfred Crouse and Rev. Jake Penley. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. to lie in state. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Huff Funeral Home in East Bend. Memorials may be made to the Forbush Friends Building Fund, c/ o Mary Wooten, 2821 Mill Hill Rd., East Bend, NC 27018.