willie thomas smitherman

Funeral services for Willie Thomas (Tom) Smitherman, 68, of Jacksonville will be Wednesday at 11 A.M. at the K.L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center Chapel with Rev. Truman Norred, Rev. Dr. Bob Ford, and Rev. Scott Smith officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday from 6-8 P.M. He is survived by his wife, Glenda A. Smitherman, Jacksonville; daughter, Lesia Smitherman Reese and her husband Mark, Clifton, VA.; two sons, Thomas Daniel (Danny) Smitherman and his wife Michele, Jacksonville and Jon Allen Smitherman of Mentone, AL.; a mother in law, Ollie Arnett of Jacksonville; a sister Sue Huckaby and her husband Buck of Cave Springs, GA.; a bother, Emerise Smitherman and his wife Doris, St. Simon’s Island, GA.; 2 grandchildren, Lindsey and Meghan Reese and 4 nieces and 1 nephew. Mr. Smitherman was a member of the Jacksonville Kiwanis Club and a former Lt. Governor, District 7, Alabama District Kiwanis. He was retired from AOD with 26 years service. He was a District Scout Executive for the National Council of Boy Scouts of America. A Baptist by faith, he loved people and the outdoors. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Jacksonville Kiwanis Scholarship Fund, P.O.Box 1173, Jacksonville, AL 36265.