thornton monroe smitherman
CANTON - Funeral services for
Thornton Monroe Smitherman, 29, Scurry, are set for 4 p.m. Saturday in
Eubank Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. L.E. Fickland and the Rev.
Billy Hatcher officiating. Burial will be in Haven of Memories Cemetery
in Canton. Mr. Smitherman died Thursday morning in a Kaufman hospital
after a long illness.
A native of Alabama, he was a truckdriver and member of Rosser Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Wilma Smitherman of Scurry; a son and daughter; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smitherman of Lancaster; six brothers, Johnny Lee Smitherman of Seagoville, Paul Smitherman of Bessemer, Ala., Mark Smitherman and Timmy Smitherman, both of Lancaster and Danny Smitherman and James Smitherman, both of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Lowery of Dallas and Mrs. Lillian Appalin of Cedar Hill; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Smitherman of Alabama and Mrs. Gracie Smitherman of Duncanville. Pallbearers will be Harold Gunstanson, Bobby Collier, David Hatcher, Wilford Lakey, Charles Trulove, Fred Stevens and Dean Clemmons.
A native of Alabama, he was a truckdriver and member of Rosser Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Wilma Smitherman of Scurry; a son and daughter; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smitherman of Lancaster; six brothers, Johnny Lee Smitherman of Seagoville, Paul Smitherman of Bessemer, Ala., Mark Smitherman and Timmy Smitherman, both of Lancaster and Danny Smitherman and James Smitherman, both of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Lowery of Dallas and Mrs. Lillian Appalin of Cedar Hill; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Smitherman of Alabama and Mrs. Gracie Smitherman of Duncanville. Pallbearers will be Harold Gunstanson, Bobby Collier, David Hatcher, Wilford Lakey, Charles Trulove, Fred Stevens and Dean Clemmons.