John Wheelis Smith Sr.

JOHN WHEELIS SMITH, 72, DIED THIS MORNING AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, JUNE 16, 1891, SON OF THE LATE ANDREW J. AND LAURA WIGGINS SMITH.
HE WAS A COACH REPAIRMAN FOR ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD WITH 41 YEARS SERVICE. HE RETIRED SEVEN YEARS AGO. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED MEN’S CLUB, THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD CARMEN, AND EDGEMONT BAPTIST CHURCH.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFEW, MRS. LOTTIE SULLIVAN SMITH OF THE HOME, 1008 HILL STREET; FIVE SONS, ROGER H., J.W., JR., DONALD AND GROVER, ALL OF ROCKY MOUNT; MARVIN OF WHITEVILLE; FOUR DAUGHTERS, MRS. KATHLEEN KINKLE OF JACKSONVILLE, FL., MRS. ELIZABETH LAPHAM OF ROCKVILLE, MD., MRS. HELEN SPRUILL OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA., AND MRS. MARIE TOPIA OF MEXICO CITY, MEX.; 22 GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO BROTHERS, L.L. SMITH OF ROCKY MOUNT AND WILLIAM SMITH OF WILSON; THREE SISTERS, MRS. CLARA HUNTER AND MRS. VETA SMITH OF PAORTSMOUTH, VA., MRS. LUCILLE SAUNDERS OF ROCKVILLE, MD.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2PM SATURDAY FROM THE CHAPEL OF JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, HIS PASTOR, THE REV. TROY PAGE, ASSISTED BY THE REV. U.A. MCMANUS, PASTOR OF NORTH ROCKY MOUNT BAPTIST CHURCH, WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
PALLBEARERS WILL BE B.H. RIVERBARK, J.R. LEVETTE, BILLY JONES, HUBERT BOONE, O.C. LANE, J.T. PARKER, E.B. MOORE AND J.E. MEADOWS.