Joyce Smitherman, 73, of Schlater, MS, died Monday, June 20, 2016, at Crystal Health & Rehab in Greenwood, MS. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at McNutt Cemetery in Schlater. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Williams & Lord Funeral Home. Rev. Preston Kelly will officiate. Williams & Lord Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Smitherman was born June, 10, 1943, in Como, MS, to Wardell Lipsey and Hazel Duncan Toten. She was a member of Riverside Baptist Church in Money, MS. She worked for over 18 years as a cashier at Shipley's Donuts, where her mother had also worked before her.
She is preceded in death by two husbands, Coy B. Smitherman and William L. Fillyaw; her parents; one son, Robert E. Smitherman.
She is survived by two sons, Kenneth Smitherman of Greenwood, Victor (Marla) Smitherman of Holcomb a grandson and Xavier Matthews of Schlater; two granddaughters, Lauren B. Smitherman and Anna R. Smitherman both of Holcomb; six sisters, Nellie Barmer, Billie M. Lipsey, Sara Poag, Barbara Smith, Nora Barmer, and Margaret A. Lipsey-Culver; and four brothers, John Ferretti, Orlando Toten, David G. Lipsey, Paul W. Lipsey and Thomas D. Lipsey. Memorials may be made to your favorite charity.