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Descendants of Wilhelm "William" Schmetter

Generation No. 8

61. MATTIE ANNA DEE¹⁰ SMATHERS (WILBURN THEODORE "WILL"⁹, CHARLIE L⁸, LEVI⁷, JOHN⁶, BARBARA⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) She married FRED DEWEY FRANCIS June 16, 1923.

Children of MATTIE SMATHERS and FRED FRANCIS are:

	i.		FRED DEWEY¹¹ FRANCIS, JR..
	ii.		AILEEN FRANCIS.

62. EMILY¹⁰ SMATHERS (JOHN HORACE⁹, DOCK IRA LEVI⁸, LEVI⁷, JOHN⁶, BARBARA⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) She married ROBERT L. WILLIAMS.

Child of EMILY SMATHERS and ROBERT WILLIAMS is:

JOE R.¹¹ WILLIAMS.

63. ARTHUR NEWMAN¹⁰ DERRICK (EMMA ELIZABETH⁹ SMATHERS, LEONIDAS WINFIELD SCOTT⁸, ALFORD CLIFFORD⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born March 25, 1890 in Haywood Co., NC, and died April 08, 1980 in Haywood Co., NC. He married NINA BELLE MCCALL, daughter of TERRELL MCCALL and ELLEN SCOTT. She was born June 16, 1893.

Notes for ARTHUR NEWMAN DERRICK:
Waynesville Newspaper, Sep 13, 1923, Balsam News: Born to Mr and Mrs Newman Derrick, Sept 1st, a daughter, Iris Pauline

Author Newman Derrick, 90, of Balsam died Tuesday at his home after a short illness. A native of Haywood County he was a son of the William T. and Emma Smathers Derrick and retired from Southern Railway. Surviving are his wife Nina McCall Derrick, three daughters, Iris Peebles of Candler, Anna Ruff of Hazelwood and Clara Mehaffey of Balsam; four sons, Charlie Derrick of Hazelwood, Lloyd, Walter and Robert of Balsam; four sisters Mary Buchanan of Gastonia, Harriett Rhinehart of Hazelwood, Evelyn Arrington of Georgia and Nell Crawford of Balsam; 18 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30 Thursday in Balsam Baptist Church of which he was a member. The Rev. Hardin Nicholson will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Sammy and Charles Derrick, Jr., Clifford and Tony Ruff, Dan Cagle and Gary Mehaffey.

Children of ARTHUR DERRICK and NINA MCCALL are:

ARTHUR FRED "PAT"¹¹ DERRICK, b. July 22, 1918, Transylvania Co., NC; d. October 09, 1965, Haywood Co., NC.

Notes for ARTHUR FRED "PAT" DERRICK:
Arthur Fred Derrick, 47, of Balsam died Saturday in the Haywood County Hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Transylvania County and a son of Newman and Nina McCall Derrick of Balsam. Surviving in addition to the parents are 3 sisters Mrs Harold Peebles of Candler, Mrs Leslie Ruff of Franklin and Mrs Bud Mehaffey of Hampton, Virginia; 4 brothers Lloyd and Walter of Balsam, Charles of Hazelwood and Robert Derrick of Fayetteville. Services are being held today at 2:30 PM in Balsam Baptist Church of which he was a member. The Rev OJ Beck and Rev Hardin Nicholson will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bill Knight, Gene Brooks, Bud Smathers, Gordon Smathers, Marshall Rich and Charles Beck.

ii.

RUBY VIRGINIA DERRICK, b. June 30, 1920, Jackson Co., NC; d. March 15, 1964, Haywood Co., NC; m. THOMAS J. REVIS.

Notes for RUBY VIRGINIA DERRICK:
Mrs Ruby Derrick Revis, 42, of Canton Rt 2 died Sunday at 5 AM in the Haywood County Hospital after a long illness. She was a native of Haywood County and a member of Balsam Baptist Church. Surviving are the husband Thomas J Revis, daughter Terrie Revis of the home, parents Mr and Mrs Newman Derrick of Balsam, 3 sisters Mrs Harold Peeble of Candler, Mrs Leslie Ruff of Franklin, Mrs Bud Mehaffey of Newport News, Va, 5 brothers Walter, Robert, Fred and Lloyd of Balsam and Charlie of Hazelwood. Services were held in Burnette Cove Baptist Church. Burial was in Gwyn Cemetery.

iii.

LLOYD TERRELL "PENNY" DERRICK, b. December 28, 1921, Jackson Co., NC; m. DOROTHY BROOKS.

Notes for LLOYD TERRELL "PENNY" DERRICK:
The Waynesville Newspaper, January 22, 1922: Balsam News, Born to Mr and Mrs Norman Derrick, December 28th, a son, Lloyd Carroll Derrick.

Waynesville Newspaper, Oct 26, 1944: Picture of Lloyd Terrell Derrick with following: PFC Loyd Terrell Derrick, son of Mr and Mrs AN Derrick of Balsam, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious action while in combat in France. PFC Derrick is serving with the First Army and is at present somewhere in Germany.

	iv.		IRIS PAULINE DERRICK, b. September 01, 1923, Jackson Co., NC; d. 1989; m. HAROLD L. PEEBLES; b. 1924; d. May 27, 1996, Buncombe Co., NC.
	v.		CHARLES FRANKLIN DERRICK, b. September 01, 1925, Jackson Co., NC; d. September 24, 1988, Buncombe Co., NC; m. CARRIE KATHLEEN LEDFORD.
	vi.		ANNIE INEZ DERRICK, b. August 27, 1927, Jackson Co., NC; m. ALBERT LESLIE RUFF; b. 1925, Haywood Co., NC; d. February 14, 1996, Buncombe Co., NC.
	vii.		ROY EDWARD DERRICK, b. 1929, Jackson Co., NC; d. October 30, 1929, Jackson Co., NC.
	viii.		WALTER NEWMAN DERRICK, b. May 28, 1930, Jackson Co., NC; d. January 11, 1985, Buncombe Co., NC; m. SALLY WOODALL, April 04, 1953; b. Abt. 1935.

Notes for WALTER NEWMAN DERRICK:
Walter Newman Derrick, 54, Balsam View Drive, Balsam, died Friday, January 11, 1985, in an Asheville hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Haywood County, the son of Nina McCall Derrick of Balsam and the late Newman Derrick. He was employed by Hammer Mill Hardwoods Company in Jackson County. Surviving, in addition to the mother are three brothers, Lloyd and Robert Derrick of Balsam and Charles Derrick of Hazelwood; three sisters, Iris Peebles of Candler, Clara Mehaffey of Balsam and Anna Ruff of Hazelwood. Services were at 2 PM Sunday at Balsam Baptist Church where he was a member. Revs. Hardin Nicholson and David Bowers officiated with burial in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 7 to 9 PM Saturday at Garrett Funeral Home, Waynesville and at other times were at Nina Derrick's home. Pallbearers were Tony Bowers, Clifford Ruff, Tony Ruff, Tom McCall, Jerry Conner and James Kimbel.

	ix.		CLARIS BERNICE DERRICK, b. October 22, 1932, Jackson Co., NC; m. DOCK I. MEHAFFEY, JR..
	x.		WILLIAM EARL DERRICK, b. April 02, 1935, Haywood Co., NC; d. May 17, 1935, Jackson Co., NC.
	xi.		ROBERT LEWIS "LUM" DERRICK, b. October 07, 1936, Haywood Co., NC; m. NANCY ERNESTINE ESTES, January 06, 1962.

64. MAUDE ESTELLA¹⁰ DERRICK (EMMA ELIZABETH⁹ SMATHERS, LEONIDAS WINFIELD SCOTT⁸, ALFORD CLIFFORD⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born October 22, 1891 in Haywood Co., NC, and died May 01, 1977 in Haywood Co., NC. She married DAVID FRANKLIN SMATHERS November 14, 1909 in Haywood Co., NC, son of IVEN SMATHERS and GEORGIA SATTERFIELD. He was born January 14, 1890 in Haywood Co., NC, and died April 18, 1959 in Haywood Co., NC.

Notes for MAUDE ESTELLA DERRICK:
Mrs. Maude Derrick Smathers, 85, of Route 1, Waynesville died Sunday (May 1, 1977) in the Haywood County Hospital after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late William Terrell and Emma Smathers Derrick and was a native of Haywood County. She was the widow of Frank Smathers who died in 1959. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Dillard of Lakeland, Florida, Mrs. Elsie Smathers and Mrs. Louise Hill of Waynesville, a son, Don Smathers of Waynesville, five sisters, Mrs. Inez Smathers and Mrs. Harriett Rhinehart of Waynesville, Mrs. Nellie Crawford of Sylva, Mrs. Evelyn Arrington of Palmetto, South Carolina and Mrs. Mary Buchanan of Gastonia, a brother, Newman Derrick of Balsam, thirteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Services will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday in the Chapel of Garrett Funeral Home. The Reverend Danny Long and the Reverend Glenn Nations will officiate. Burial will be in Red Bank Cemetery. Pallbearers wil be William Kay Smathers, Roger Mulkey, Claude Barnett, Frank Crawford, Gordon Smathers and Jack Rabb.

Notes for DAVID FRANKLIN SMATHERS:
Nov. 14, 1909 married at Balsam. W. Scott Smathers, witness.

1910 Census, Haywood County, NC: Smathers, Frank, 20, married 1/2 year; Maud, 18.

1920 Census, Haywood County, NC: Smathers, Frank, 30; Maude, 28; Ethel, 9; Robert, 4; Elsie, 9/12.

David Frank Smathers, 68, died about 12:15 AM Saturday (April 18, 1959), at his home, Waynesville, Route 1, after a long illness. He was the son of the late I.S. and Georgia Satterfield Smathers of Haywood County. Surviving are the wife Maude Derrick Smathers, three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Smathers of Waynesville, Mrs. Noel Hill of Hazelwood and Mrs. T.C. Dillard of Webster, Florida, a son Don Smathers of Waynesville, two brothers Will and Charlie Smathers of Waynesville, three sisters, Mrs. N.L. Stephens, Mrs. E.L. Arrington and Mrs. C.L. Rabb all of Waynesville, thirteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services were held this afternoon (April 20, 1959) in the Red Bank Baptist Church of which he was a member. Officiating were the Reverends Rush Rogers, Lawrence Fox, Will Pharr and O.J. Beck. Burial was in the Red Bank Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ray and Gordon Smathers, Jack Rabb, Harper Eavenson, Johnny Sparks and Frank Crawford.

Children are listed above under (58) David Franklin Smathers.

65. BERTHA INEZ¹⁰ DERRICK (EMMA ELIZABETH⁹ SMATHERS, LEONIDAS WINFIELD SCOTT⁸, ALFORD CLIFFORD⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born June 06, 1899 in Haywood Co., NC, and died May 24, 1977 in Buncombe Co., NC. She married WILLIAM RUFUS SMATHERS April 22, 1916 in Haywood Co., NC, son of ELIJAH SMATHERS and JULIA FOSTER. He was born August 1897 in Haywood Co., NC, and died September 17, 1981 in Haywood Co., NC.

Notes for BERTHA INEZ DERRICK:
The Waynesville Mountaineer: Funeral services for Mrs. Inez Derrick Smathers, 76, of Walker Road, Waynesville who died Tuesday, were held at 2:00 PM today (May 27, 1977) in the Chapel of Garrett Funeral Home. The Rev. Bennett Walker, Rev. Danny Long and Rev. Glenn Nations officiated. Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. She was a daughter of the late William T. and Emma Smathers Derrick and was a member of Balsam Baptist Church. Pallbearers were grandsons: Doug, Thomas, Steve and Eugene Smathers, Jr., Danny Moody and Johnny Lewis. Surviving are the husband, William Rufus Smathers, 8 daughters, Mrs. Carene Lewis, Mrs. Dorothy Clark, Mrs. Mildred Medford and Miss Judy Smathers of Waynesville, Mrs. Phyllis Roper of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Bessie Wood of Miami, Florida, Mrs. Pat Nix of Canton and Mrs. Margie Sorrells of Candler; 3 sons, Gordon, Kenneth and Bud Smathers of Waynesville, brother Newman Derrick of Balsam, 4 sisters, Mrs. Mary Buchanan of Lowell, S.C., Mrs. Evelyn Arrington of Palmetto, Georgia, Mrs. Nellie Crawford of Sylva and Mrs. Harriett Rhinehart of Waynesville, 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Notes for WILLIAM RUFUS SMATHERS:
Marriage License: Rufus Smathers, 19, son of Liga Smathers, living, and Julia Foster Smathers, dead, and Inez Derrick, 18, daughter of Will and Emma Derrick, both living, 22 April 1916, at Hazelwood.

1920 Census, Jackson County, NC: Smathers, Rufus, 21; Inez, 20; Rufus M., 2 7/12; Carene, 6/12.

Waynesville Newspaper, Jan 18, 1923, Balsam News: Mr Rufus Smathers, who had his ankle badly crushed last week while cutting timber near Sugar Loaf, is doing as well as could be expected.

William Rufus Smathers, 84, of the Walker-in-the-Hills development died Thursday in a Haywood County Hospital after an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Elisha and Julia Foster Smathers and the husband of Inez Derrick Smathers, who died in 1977. He was a member of Balsam Baptist Church and he attended Red Bank Baptist Church. He was a retired farmer. Surviving are three sons, Gordon, Kenneth and Bud Smathers, all of Waynesville; eight daughters, Catherine Lewis, Dot Clark and Mildred Medford, all of Waynesville, Bessie Wood of Miami, Florida, Phyllis Roper of Atlanta, Georgia, Pat Nix of Canton, Marjorie Sorrells of Candler and Judy Smathers of the home; 13 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 P.M. Sunday in the chapel of Garrett Funeral Home. The Revs. Charles Shuler, Bennett Walker and Carl Chastain will officiate. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. The family received friends from 7 to 9 PM Saturday at the funeral home and at other times at the home.

Children are listed above under (52) William Rufus Smathers.

66. NELLIE MELITA¹⁰ DERRICK (EMMA ELIZABETH⁹ SMATHERS, LEONIDAS WINFIELD SCOTT⁸, ALFORD CLIFFORD⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born January 28, 1904, and died March 06, 1994 in Jackson Co., NC. She married AUGUSTUS CHASTAIN "TEEN" CRAWFORD Abt. 1925, son of GEORGE CRAWFORD and SARAH PANNEL. He was born May 29, 1894, and died March 14, 1975.

Children of NELLIE DERRICK and AUGUSTUS CRAWFORD are:

	i.		AUGUSTUS CHASTAIN¹¹ CRAWFORD, JR, b. April 14, 1926.
	ii.		JAMES LEWIS CRAWFORD, b. February 16, 1928.
	iii.		LEE JACK CRAWFORD, b. October 25, 1929; d. 1991.
	iv.		HARRIETT SUE CRAWFORD, b. April 28, 1933; m. (1) FRED WRIGHT; m. (2) GRADY FRANKLIN BRYSON, Abt. 1951; b. October 1930, Haywood Co., NC.
	v.		BETTY ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, b. December 30, 1936; m. CLARENCE WRIGHT.
	vi.		THELMA JANE CRAWFORD, d. September 24, 1952; m. FNU FREEMAN.
	vii.		BOBBY RAY CRAWFORD, b. December 25, 1943; d. August 02, 1964, McDowell Co., NC.

Notes for BOBBY RAY CRAWFORD:
Waynesville Newspaper: Bobby Ray Crawford, 20, of Sylva, Rt 1, was killed instantly when the car in which he was riding jumped a median strip on I-40 near Old Fort Sunday afternoon, sideswiped one automobile and slammed broadside into another . Crawford, who was serving in the Navy, stationed aboard the USS Lowery at Norfolk, had been home on leave and was returning to Norfolk. He had been picked up by the driver of the car. Another young man, Charles Woodrow Melton, 18, of Old Fort, also a passenger in the car, died two hours later in a Marion hospital. Crawford was a son of Mr and Mrs AC Crawford, Sr. of Rt 1, Sylva. Other survivors are seven sisters Mrs Verlin Crisp of Balsam, Mrs Fred Wright and Mrs Clarence Wright of Canton, Mrs William Roberts of Brevard, Mrs Roy Lee Galloway and Mrs Hugh Allison, Jr of Dellwood and Miss Thelma Crawford of the home; two 1/2 sisters Mrs Herman Frady of Canton and Mrs JW McGinness of Vader, Washington; and four brothers AC Crawford Jr of McAdenville, NC, Lewis of Cramerton, NC, Jack of Memphis, TN and Ray Crawford of Sylva.

	viii.		CLARICE CRAWFORD, m. VERLIN CRISP.
	ix.		DOROTHY CRAWFORD, m. WILLIAM ROBERTS.
	x.		SALLIE CRAWFORD, m. ROY LEE GALLOWAY.
	xi.		ELAINE CRAWFORD, m. HUGH ALLISON, JR.

67. HARRIETT PAULINE¹⁰ DERRICK (EMMA ELIZABETH⁹ SMATHERS, LEONIDAS WINFIELD SCOTT⁸, ALFORD CLIFFORD⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born April 04, 1907 in Haywood Co., NC, and died July 25, 1994 in Haywood Co., NC. She married THOMAS RHINEHART, son of NATHAN RHINEHART and ADDIE DAVIS. He was born August 03, 1914, and died July 24, 1987.

Notes for HARRIETT PAULINE DERRICK:
Waynesville Newspaper, Nov 16, 1922, Balsam News: Miss Harriett Derrick, a student in the Balsam Graded School (seventh grade) won the prize in the spelling contest with the schools of Sylva, Webster and Beta which was held in Sylva on Saturday.

Harriet Derrick Rhinehart, 88, of 800 Boyd Ave, Waynesville, died Monday (7/25/94). A native and life long resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late William Terrell and Emma Smathers Derrick, and was the wife of the late Thomas Rhinehart, who died in 1987. She was a member of Lakeview Church of the Nazarene adn was a homemaker. Surviving is a daughter, Kathryn Ann McDonald of Hazelwood. Graveside services were held at 3 PM Wednesday at Red Bank Cemetery. The Rev. Mark Burkley officiated. Memorial services will be at 3 PM Sunday at Lakeview Church of Nazarene. The family received friends from 2 to 2:30 PM Wednesday at Wells Funeral Home, Waynesville.

Children of HARRIETT DERRICK and THOMAS RHINEHART are:

	i.		KATHRYN ANN¹¹ RHINEHART, m. ROBERT MCDONALD.
	ii.		THOMAS RHINEHART, JR, b. December 15, 1942.

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