sim thornton smitherman

Mr. S. T. Smitherman, 58, passed away at his home in Aldine, Friday morning, September 1, after an illness of thirteen years.

Funeral services were conducted from the Shady Grove Baptist Church on Sunday, by the Reverend Raymond Hammock, pastor of the Centreville Baptist Church. Music was furnished by Mrs. Pelham Smitherman and a choir. The American Legion Post of Centreville assisted with the last rites.

Mr. Smitherman is survived by his widow, four sons, S. T., Jr., Eugene, Reid, and Leonard; three daughters, Mrs. Doris Smither- man of Lawley, Mrs. Dessie Langston of Montgomery, and Mrs. Ella Mae Wilkinson of Beaumont, Texas, all of whom were in at- tendance at the funeral service. Twelve grand-children also survive.

Mr. Smitherman, a native of Bibb County, was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smitherman of Randolph He leaves four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Payne, Mrs. Ever Smith, Mrs. Hattie Kerbo, all of Randolph, and Mrs. Lucy Fitts of Antioch, the brothers who survive are, Mr. William Smitherman, and Mr. Horace Smitherman of Randolph; Mr. Ab Smitherman of Clanton; and Mr. Colonel Smitherman of Guerny Junction.

Interment was in the Shady Grove cemetery with Collins Fun- eral Directors in charge.