yancy abner smitherman
EAST BEND Mr Yancy Abner
Smitherman, 82, passed away Wednesday evening at the Forsyth Memorial
Hospital in Winston-Salem. He was born in East Bend on July 14, 1909 to
the late Robert and Cordelia Wall Smitherman.
Mr. Smitherman was a farmer and a member of the Forbush Friends Meeting Church. He was preceded in death by a son, Derl Smitherman.
Surviving are his wife, Edith Hutchens Smitherman; one son and daughter-in-law, Hal and Bessie Smitherman of East Bend; one daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Johnny Williard of Mocksville; one daughter-in-law, Anne Smitherman of East Bend; one brother, Jody Smitherman of Lewisville; two sisters, Hester Hockett of Union, Iowa and Sarah Hutchens of East Bend; six grandchildren, Wayne, Mark, Kevin, and Adelia Smitherman, Sheila Vogler, and Barry Williard; and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at the Forbush Friends Meeting Church by Rev. Frank Scurry and Rev. David Nolan. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Huff Funeral Home in East Bend. Memorials may be made to the Forbush Friends Meet- ing, Rt. 1, East Bend, N.C. 27018 or to the donor's choice.
Mr. Smitherman was a farmer and a member of the Forbush Friends Meeting Church. He was preceded in death by a son, Derl Smitherman.
Surviving are his wife, Edith Hutchens Smitherman; one son and daughter-in-law, Hal and Bessie Smitherman of East Bend; one daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Johnny Williard of Mocksville; one daughter-in-law, Anne Smitherman of East Bend; one brother, Jody Smitherman of Lewisville; two sisters, Hester Hockett of Union, Iowa and Sarah Hutchens of East Bend; six grandchildren, Wayne, Mark, Kevin, and Adelia Smitherman, Sheila Vogler, and Barry Williard; and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at the Forbush Friends Meeting Church by Rev. Frank Scurry and Rev. David Nolan. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Huff Funeral Home in East Bend. Memorials may be made to the Forbush Friends Meet- ing, Rt. 1, East Bend, N.C. 27018 or to the donor's choice.