thomas preston smitherman
HENRIETTA, Texas, March 1.--
-Tom Preston Smitherman. 52-year-old oil field worker of Kamay, was
fatally injured Monday afternoon when he was caught between a truck and
the mast pole of a rig about a mile and a half south of Henrietta.
Critically crushed while helping to raise the mast pole, Smitherman was taken to a Henrietta Hospital, where he died about 5 p. m., approximately an hour after the accident occurred. He was employed by the Fisher Core Drilling Company of Wichita Falls.
The body, taken to Hawkins Funeral Home, was forwarded Tuesday afternoon to Gladewater, Texas, where funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday from the First Baptist Church. Burial will be at Gilmer, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Merle Smitherman, Billy Zoller, George Crawford Jr., Jerry D. Messimer, Atley Ballard and Wallace Smitherman.
Smitherman, who died on his 52nd birthday, is survived by his wife, three sons, Chester Leon Smitherman of Nocona and Freddy Smitherman and Eddy Smitherman, both of Kamay; three sisters, Mrs. Ocie Zoller of Wright City, Texas, Mrs. L. R. Brewer of Talco, Texas, and Mrs. G. D. Mes- simer of Kingsville, Texas, and two brothers,, R. L. Smitherman of Joinerville, Texas, and E. D. Smitherman of Overton, Texas.
Critically crushed while helping to raise the mast pole, Smitherman was taken to a Henrietta Hospital, where he died about 5 p. m., approximately an hour after the accident occurred. He was employed by the Fisher Core Drilling Company of Wichita Falls.
The body, taken to Hawkins Funeral Home, was forwarded Tuesday afternoon to Gladewater, Texas, where funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday from the First Baptist Church. Burial will be at Gilmer, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Merle Smitherman, Billy Zoller, George Crawford Jr., Jerry D. Messimer, Atley Ballard and Wallace Smitherman.
Smitherman, who died on his 52nd birthday, is survived by his wife, three sons, Chester Leon Smitherman of Nocona and Freddy Smitherman and Eddy Smitherman, both of Kamay; three sisters, Mrs. Ocie Zoller of Wright City, Texas, Mrs. L. R. Brewer of Talco, Texas, and Mrs. G. D. Mes- simer of Kingsville, Texas, and two brothers,, R. L. Smitherman of Joinerville, Texas, and E. D. Smitherman of Overton, Texas.