Vance County NcArchives Obituaries.....Smithwich, John F. 1963 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net September 11, 2014, 2:14 am THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 04-22-1963, SECT. I, P. 3 JOHN F. SMITHWICH HENDERSON – John F. Smithwich, 78, died April 17, in Moses H. Cone Hospital, Greensboro, N.C. He was a native of Vance County, N.C., and a retired farmer. He had been visiting his son Rev. Edwin L. Smithwich, pastor of Southside Baptist Church in Greensboro. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mamie Rose Smithwich, three sons; Rev. Edwin L. Smithwich, of Greensboro, James W. Smithwich of Henderson, N.C. and Caswell F. Smithwich of Franklin, Va., two brothers; James Smithwich of Vaiden, Miss., and Joel Smithwich of Chester, S.C., four sisters, Mrs. Mary Grissom of Henderson, N.C. , Mrs. Lulia Dew of Sanford, N.C., Mrs. Cora Dew of Lanchester, S.C., and Dr. Gladys Smithwich on the Presbyterian Mission Board presently serving in Africa. He is also survived by 8 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Broadston Presbyterian Church near Henderson, N.C., with Rev. Tobias officiating and burial followed in Browns Baptist Church nearby. Body was in Kesler Funeral Home, Henderson, N.C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/vance/obits/s/smithwic2649ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb