wade hampton smitherman jr
WINSTON-SALEM, May 2- Wade H.
(J.R.) Smitherman Jr., 25, of Bethania Township, was found dead
Friday in his car in the garage of his home.
Dr. W. D. Vreeland, Forsyth County medical examiner, ruled the death suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. A hose had been extended into the car from the exhaust pipe.
Sheriff's deputies said Smitherman's wife told them she found her husband's body when she arrived home from work shortly before 6 p.m.
Smitherman was an insurance salesman and a member of Forest Hill Baptist Church. He was a life-long resident of Forsyth County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. M Charlene Sparks Smitherman; two daughters, Lynn and Karen A. Smitherman, both of the home; his mother, Mrs. Anna M. Smitherman of Pfafftown; a brother, Alton Smitherman of Greensboro; a sister, Mrs. Evon Vestal of Pfafftown; and two half sisters, Mrs. Sally Taylor of Yadkinville and Mrs. Gypsy Holcomb of Jonesville.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Forest Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Jesse Head and the Rev. Homer Goode officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Dr. W. D. Vreeland, Forsyth County medical examiner, ruled the death suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. A hose had been extended into the car from the exhaust pipe.
Sheriff's deputies said Smitherman's wife told them she found her husband's body when she arrived home from work shortly before 6 p.m.
Smitherman was an insurance salesman and a member of Forest Hill Baptist Church. He was a life-long resident of Forsyth County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. M Charlene Sparks Smitherman; two daughters, Lynn and Karen A. Smitherman, both of the home; his mother, Mrs. Anna M. Smitherman of Pfafftown; a brother, Alton Smitherman of Greensboro; a sister, Mrs. Evon Vestal of Pfafftown; and two half sisters, Mrs. Sally Taylor of Yadkinville and Mrs. Gypsy Holcomb of Jonesville.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Forest Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Jesse Head and the Rev. Homer Goode officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.