lowell cleveland smitherman

Graveside services for Lowell C. Smitherman, 81, of Forest Manor Nursing Home, who died Wednesday, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with the Rev. Carol T. Hatcher officiating. Hayes Chapel will be in charge of burial.

He is survived by a son, Conrad Smitherman, Tuscaloosa; three grandchildren, David Smitherman and Miss Ann Smitherman, both of Tuscaloosa, and Richard Smitherman, Columbus, Ohio; and a number of other relatives.

Pallbearers will be O.L. Sherrill, Haden Campbell, D.O. Stringfellow Jr., T.W. Poe, Robert Dominick and Guy Weatherford.

Honorary pallbearers will be Billy J Colson, Louie Ellison, Woodrow Skelton, Houston Wood, Horace Shamblin, David Black, Harold Waites, Dr. J.R. Morton and Pete Dockins.

Smitherman was a longtime employee of Tucker Motor Co. and later was sales manager of Tuscaloosa Lincoln Mercury Motor Co.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday.