wade hampton smitherman
Wade Hampton Smitherman, 59, of
938 Buxton Street died in a local hospital at 3:50 p.m. yesterday
following a two months' se- rious illness.
He was born in Yadkin County Sept. 29, 1890, son of Wesley H. and Sally Norman Smitherman. He moved to Winston-Salem in 1920 and was connected with Chatham Manufacturing Company until he retired in 1942.
Mr. Smitherman was a member of Baltimore Methodist Church in Yadkin County. He was twice married. His first wife, the former Miss Vera Hutchins, died.
He married Miss Anna Mae Mickles May 3, 1920. She survives. Other survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Louis D. Reece, Charlestown, Ind.; Mrs. Yvonne Vestal, Yadkin County; Mrs. Gypsy Mickey, Elkin, and Mrs. Sally Taylor, Yadkinville; two sons, Wesley A. and Wade Hampton Smitherman Jr., both of Winston-Salem; five sisters, Mrs. W. C. Binkley, Mrs. J. P. Binkley, Mrs. E R. Wooten, and Mrs. A. V. Phillips, all of East Bend, Route 2, and Mrs. Ada Norwich, Aleutian Islands; five brothers, J. A. Smitherman, Elkin, and Tom, William, Calvin and Fred Smitherman, all of Yadkin County, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were in- complete last night.
He was born in Yadkin County Sept. 29, 1890, son of Wesley H. and Sally Norman Smitherman. He moved to Winston-Salem in 1920 and was connected with Chatham Manufacturing Company until he retired in 1942.
Mr. Smitherman was a member of Baltimore Methodist Church in Yadkin County. He was twice married. His first wife, the former Miss Vera Hutchins, died.
He married Miss Anna Mae Mickles May 3, 1920. She survives. Other survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Louis D. Reece, Charlestown, Ind.; Mrs. Yvonne Vestal, Yadkin County; Mrs. Gypsy Mickey, Elkin, and Mrs. Sally Taylor, Yadkinville; two sons, Wesley A. and Wade Hampton Smitherman Jr., both of Winston-Salem; five sisters, Mrs. W. C. Binkley, Mrs. J. P. Binkley, Mrs. E R. Wooten, and Mrs. A. V. Phillips, all of East Bend, Route 2, and Mrs. Ada Norwich, Aleutian Islands; five brothers, J. A. Smitherman, Elkin, and Tom, William, Calvin and Fred Smitherman, all of Yadkin County, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were in- complete last night.