william arthur smitherman

Funeral services were conducted Friday in Haviland, Kansas for Arthur Smitherman, age 70, who died January 6th of a heart attack. He had been in ill health since suffering a sunstroke in the summer. He was born in North Carolina and came to the Mooresville community at an early age.  He moved to Kansas in 1909.  In 1944 he moved back to Indiana, living at Greenfield for a year, then returning to Kansas.  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Blanche Smitherman, three sons, Walter Smitherman of Mooresville; Ronald Smitherman of Greenfield; and Donald Smitherman of Detroit, Michigan; two daughters Mrs Louise Greiner of Haviland, Kansas; Mrs Velma Bertram of Platte, Kansas; two brothers, Kerley and Wilson Smitherman, both of Mooresville; two sisters, Mrs Bertha Utterback of Mooresville and Mrs. Lula Pegram, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  Mr and Mrs Walter Smitherman and Kerley Smitherman went to Haviland to attend the services.