vernie ray smitherman
ABERNATHY - Graveside services
for Vernie Ray Smitherman, 53, of Lubbock, will be at 3 p.m. today in
Abernathy Cemetery with the Rev. Jesse Gilliam, pastor of Wayne Avenue
Baptist Church in Lubbock, officiating.
Burial will be by Abell Funeral Home of Abernathy.
Mr. Smitherman died Thursday, May 13, 1999, in Lubbock's Univer- sity Manor Nursing Home.
He was born Sept. 9, 1945 in Lubbock and was raised in Aber- nathy. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1965 and was a Vietnam veteran, serving until 1974 when he moved to Lubbock. He worked for Fleming Foods from 1980-95 and was a Lutheran.
He married Sue Bankston on Nov. 8, 1977 in Clovis, N.M,
Surviving are his wife; a son, Daniel Ray Smitherman of Lub- bock; two stepdaughters, Malisa Long and her husband Keith of Lubbock and Linda Adams and her husband Ricky of Petersburg; three brothers, Roy Lee Smitherman of Idalou, Jim Smitherman of Lub- bock and Monty Smitherman of Abernathy; a sister, Roxie Saroka of Wellborn and six grandchildren.
The family suggest memorials to Family Hospice, 6606 University Ave., Suite C, Lubbock, TX 79423 or to VistaCare Family Hospice, 4418 Olton Road, Plainview TX 79072.
Burial will be by Abell Funeral Home of Abernathy.
Mr. Smitherman died Thursday, May 13, 1999, in Lubbock's Univer- sity Manor Nursing Home.
He was born Sept. 9, 1945 in Lubbock and was raised in Aber- nathy. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1965 and was a Vietnam veteran, serving until 1974 when he moved to Lubbock. He worked for Fleming Foods from 1980-95 and was a Lutheran.
He married Sue Bankston on Nov. 8, 1977 in Clovis, N.M,
Surviving are his wife; a son, Daniel Ray Smitherman of Lub- bock; two stepdaughters, Malisa Long and her husband Keith of Lubbock and Linda Adams and her husband Ricky of Petersburg; three brothers, Roy Lee Smitherman of Idalou, Jim Smitherman of Lub- bock and Monty Smitherman of Abernathy; a sister, Roxie Saroka of Wellborn and six grandchildren.
The family suggest memorials to Family Hospice, 6606 University Ave., Suite C, Lubbock, TX 79423 or to VistaCare Family Hospice, 4418 Olton Road, Plainview TX 79072.