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Descendants of Wilhelm "William" Schmetter

123. ELSIE MAE¹⁰ SMATHERS (DAVID FRANKLIN⁹, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born March 21, 1919 in Haywood Co., NC. She married ED SMITH July 04, 1937 in Rabun Co., GA.

Notes for ELSIE MAE SMATHERS:
Elsie said that after she and Ed decided to get married they were accompanied to Rabun County, Georgia, by Bill and Stella Rabb. Bill was driving and as he neared the Georgia state line he stopped the car and told Elsie to get out and walk across the line into Georgia. He told her that he never wanted to be accused of transporting her across state lines. She said when she returned home and told her father he said "You've shit! You've burned the blister on your ass, now you'll have to sit on it."

Child of ELSIE SMATHERS and ED SMITH is:

ALAN DALE¹¹ SMATHERS, b. July 01, 1950, Haywood Co., NC; m. LINDA BROOKS, February 14, 1970, Jackson Co., NC; b. December 21, 1950, Haywood Co., NC.

124. WILLIAM DONALD¹⁰ SMATHERS (DAVID FRANKLIN⁹, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born November 07, 1923 in Haywood Co., NC, and died July 05, 1998 in Haywood Co., NC. He married (1) HELEN ELLAMETA PARSON, daughter of OSCAR PARSON and SOPHIE TURPIN. She was born October 22, 1921 in Kansas, and died November 01, 1984 in Haywood Co., NC. He married (2) WILLA MAE TRULL.

Notes for WILLIAM DONALD SMATHERS:
Waynesville Mountaineer, Feb 11, 1932: Saunook News, Perfect attendance Saunook School, first grade, Don Smathers.

Waynesville Mountaineer, Dec 8, 1932, Saunook News: Students who have averaged 80 or above on all their subjects for the past 3 months. 2nd grade list includes Donald Smathers.

Waynesville Mountaineer Newspaper: William Donald Smathers, 74, 136 C.E. Smathers Drive, Waynesville, died Sunday, July 5, 1998, at his home. A native of Haywood County, he retired from A.C. Lawrence Leather Co. He was a veteran of World War II, an active member and Chairman of the Board of Deacons of Red Bank Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Willa Mae Trull Smathers; two daughters, Brenda Ball of Coolville, Ohio, and Kay Dixon of Maggie Valley; three stepchildren, Johnny Trull of Arden, Deanna Greene and Judd Trull, both of Waynesville; three sisters, Ethel Seger of Lakeland, Florida, Louise Hill and Elsie Smathers, both of Waynesville; and grandchildren. Services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Garrett Funeral Home. The Rev Ray Sharpe officiated. Burial was in Red Bank Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Judd Trull, Clifford Cogdill, Jason and Steve Finney, Dee Mull and Dale Smathers. Memorials may be made to Hospice, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721 or Red Bank Baptist Church, PO Box 645, Waynesville, NC 28786.

Notes for HELEN ELLAMETA PARSON:
Helen Ellameta Parson Smathers, 63, of Red Bank Road, Waynesville, died Thursday (Nov.1, 1984) in the Haywood County Hospital. Mrs. Smathers was a native of Kansas and had lived in Waynesville most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Oscar C. and Sophie Turpin Parson. Surviving are her husband, William Donald Smathers; two daughters, Brenda Joyce Bell of Lolo, Montana and Donna Kay Dixon of Maggie Valley; a sister, Marie Murrell; a brother, Robert Parson of Jesup, GA; and a granddaughter of Canton. Services will be at 3 PM, Saturday in Red Bank Baptist Church, of which she was a member. The Rev. O.P. Ledford will officiate. Burial will be in Red Bank Cemetery. Pallbearers are Jack Gaines, Greg Cullen, J.W. Finney, Woodrow Roland, Bonner Rabb and Kenneth Tucker. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 PM today at Garrett Funeral Home and other times at the home. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes beford the services.

Children of WILLIAM SMATHERS and HELEN PARSON are:

	i.		BRENDA JOYCE¹¹ SMATHERS, b. December 07, 1947, Haywood Co., NC; m. CLINTON BALL; b. Canada.
	ii.		DONNA KAY SMATHERS, m. (1) GENE MEDFORD; m. (2) RONNIE DIXON.

125. WILMA LOUISE¹⁰ SMATHERS (DAVID FRANKLIN⁹, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born June 19, 1929 in Haywood Co., NC. She married NOEL HILL February 02, 1947 in Rabun Co., GA, son of WILLIAM HILL and MARY CLARK. He was born September 05, 1921 in Haywood Co., NC, and died October 06, 1965 in Buncombe Co., NC.

Notes for NOEL HILL:
Waynesville Mountaineer, Dec 8, 1932, Saunook News: Students who have averaged 80 or above on all their subjects for the past 3 months. 2nd grade list includes Noel Hill.

Waynesville Newspaper, May 10, 1945: PVT Noel Hill, son of Mr and Mrs William A Hill of Waynesville, Rt 1, is the dispatcher of motor vehicles for the area engineers who have just about completed construction of the elaborate terminal and runways at the Tunis station of North African Div., Air Transport Command. At El Aouina Airbase, Tunisia, the area engineers have transformed the battle rubble of the German occupation littering the field upon the arrival of ATC little more than a year ago, into an airport second to none in North Africa and equal to many stateside. PVT Hill attended the local high school and at the time he entered the service was employed by the Barber Orchards. During his 20 month overseas service he has been able to visit several North Africa places featured in the news earlier in the war, among them were Dakar, in West Africa; Algiers; Oran; Tripoli and Casablanca. PVT Hill entered the army on January 1, 1942 and his service in the states included assignments at Ft Bragg; Ft Warren, Wyoming; March Field, California; Walla Walla, Washington; Sioux City, Iowa and Rome, New York.

Military Discharge Record, Haywood Co., NC, Register of Deeds Office:
Noel Hill, 14 072 477, Private First Class, 1505th AAF Base Unit. Discharged 28 Nov 1945 at Seymour Johnson Field, NC. DOB: 6 Sep 1919, Fines Creek, NC. Blue eyes, Brown hair, 5' 10", 156 lbs. One dependent. Civilian occupation: Farmer. Enlisted 1 Jan 1942, entered 1 Jan 1942 at Charlotte, NC. Military Occupation: Heavy Automotive Equipment Operator. American Theatre Service Medal, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal, 1 Service Strip, 3 overseas service bars, good conduct medal, WW II Victory Campaign Medal. Continental service: 1 yr, 10 mos, 9 days. Foreign service: 1 yr, 8 mos, 25 days. Education: grammer school. 114 days lost, AW 107. Highest rank held: Technician fifth grade.

Funeral services for Noel Hill, 42, of Waynesville who died Wednesday in a Buncombe County Hospital after a long illness, were held at 2:30 PM today in the Red Bank Baptist Church. The Reverend Ben Cook, the Reverend Hubert Bryson and the Reverend O.J. Beck and the Reverend Glenn Nations officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. He was a member of Pleasant Balsam Baptist Church and a veteran of World War II. He was a son of the late William Albert and Mary E. Clark Hill. Surviving are the widow, Louise Smathers Hill, a daughter Shirley Hill of the home, three sons, David, Stanley and Ronnie Hill all of the home. Two sisters, Mrs. Herman Burgess and Mrs. Ray Smathers both of Waynesville, six brothers, Garrett and Claude Hill of Waynesville, Reverend Millard Hill of Kannapolis, Clark Hill of Columbus, New Jersey, and Hugh A. Hill and Kenneth Hill of Camas, Washington, a half sister, Mrs. Wiley Carver of Clyde. Pallbearers were Sam Smathers, James Medford, Don Smathers, Roy Lee Cable, Earl McCracken and Arthur Stiles. Nieces were flowerbearers.

Noel falsified his military records in order to enlist early. He stated his birth date as September 6, 1919, and that is the date on his military grave stone. The birth date listed in Bud and Mary Elizabeth's bible is September 6, 1921, which is the date celebrated as his birth day. A birth certificate for him can not be located, however, there is a birth certificate on file in the Haywood County Court House for an unnamed male child born to William Albert and Mary Elizabeth Clark Hill on 29 Oct 1920 (could this be the correct birth date of Noel Hill?)

Children of WILMA SMATHERS and NOEL HILL are:

	i.		WILLIAM DAVID¹¹ HILL, b. December 09, 1947, Haywood Co., NC; m. LINDA GAIL BROWN, August 09, 1969, Burke Co., NC; b. July 13, 1947, Burke Co., NC.
	ii.		THOMAS STANLEY HILL, b. September 04, 1949, Vancouver, Wash; m. ELIZABETH ROCHESTER.
	iii.		SHIRLEY LOU HILL, b. March 02, 1952, Vancouver, Wash; m. J. W. FINNEY, October 24, 1970, Haywood Co., NC; b. October 25, 1947.
	iv.		RONALD EDWARD HILL, b. August 01, 1954, Vancouver, Wash; m. VIVIAN KIRKPATRICK, June 20, 1973, Haywood Co., NC; b. February 11, 1953.

126. CHARLES ARTHUR "TOM"¹⁰ SMATHERS (CHARLIE EDGAR⁹, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born December 14, 1917 in Haywood Co., NC, and died September 02, 1984 in Watauga Co., NC. He married DOROTHY ELIZABETH NORRIS. She was born May 01, 1913.

Notes for CHARLES ARTHUR "TOM" SMATHERS:
Services were to be held today (Wed Sep. 5, 1984) for Charles Arthur "Tom" Smathers, 66, of Route 1, Sugar Grove, Boone, who died Sunday in a Watauga County hospital. A Haywood County native, he retired from ASU Laundry. Smathers was a son of the late Charlie Edgar and Pearl Price Smathers. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Norris Smathers; two sons, Joe Smathers of North Wilkesboro and Robert "Moby" Smathers of Winston-Salem; three daughters, Aurthurene Hollars of Forest City and Carolyn Parson and Ann Sims, both of Lexington; a brother, Claude "Dock" Smathers of Waynesville; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Crawford and Mrs. Lynuel Phillips, both of Waynesville; and 13 grandchildren. Services were to be held in Red Bank Cemetery in Haywood County. The Rev. O.P. Ledford was to officiate.

Children of CHARLES SMATHERS and DOROTHY NORRIS are:

	i.		CAROLYN¹¹ SMATHERS, m. FNU PARSON.
	ii.		GEORGIA ARTHERENE "RENE" SMATHERS, b. 1939; d. April 08, 1999, Forsyth Co., NC; m. (1) JACK HOLLARS; m. (2) ERNEST M. STAMEY; b. 1933.

Notes for GEORGIA ARTHERENE "RENE" SMATHERS:
Georgia Arhurene "Rene" S. Hollars, 60, of 125 Highview St., Forest City died Thursday, April 8 at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of Dorothy Norris Smathers and the late Charles "Tom" Smathers. She was a member of Crestview Baptist Church and retired from Burlington Industries, JC Cowan Plant. She was preceded in death by two sons, Tim L. Stamey and Troy L. Hollars; and one sister, Claudette Ann Smathers Simms Dutra. Surviving, in addition to her mother, are her husband, Jack Hollars; three sons, Mike Hollars of Spindale, Steve and Doug Hollars, both of Cliffside; two brothers, Joseph Smathers of North Wilkesboro and Robert Smathers of Mooresboro; one sister Carolyn Parsons of Lexington; and two grandchildren. Burial was at the Sunset Memorial Park in Rutherford County, NC.

	iii.		CLAUDETTE ANN SMATHERS, b. 1944; m. (1) TROY SIMS; m. (2) FNU DUTRA.
	iv.		JOSEPH "JOE" WILLIAM SMATHERS, b. 1947.
	v.		ROBERT "MOBY" SMATHERS, b. 1949.

127. CLAUDE EIVEN "DOCK"¹⁰ SMATHERS (CHARLIE EDGAR⁹, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born August 12, 1922 in Haywood Co., NC, and died May 22, 1986 in Haywood Co., NC. He married (1) MYRTLE MAE SMATHERS ESTES. She was born 1919, and died 1977. He married (2) WILMA MULL.

Notes for CLAUDE EIVEN "DOCK" SMATHERS:
Claude "Dock" Smathers, 63, will be at 1 PM Saturday in the chapel of Garrett Funeral Home of Waynesville. He died Thursday (May 22, 1986) in Haywood County Hospital. The Rev. Claude Mills will officiate and burial will be in Red Bank Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jerry Phillips, Steve Hollars, Bonner Rabb, Eric, Bobby and Robert Smathers. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of Charlie and Pearl Price Smathers. He retired from the US Army and was a member of Waynesville VFW Post 5202. Surviving are two sisters, Bonnie Phillips and Ruth Crawford of Waynesville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 PM today at the funeral home and at other times will be at the home of Lynuel Phillips, Red Bank Road.

Child of CLAUDE SMATHERS and MYRTLE ESTES is:

JAMES DOUGLAS¹¹ SMATHERS, b. 1947; d. February 23, 1973, Seattle, Wash.

Notes for JAMES DOUGLAS SMATHERS:
The Mountaineer, Monday, February 26, 1973: James Douglas Smathers, 25, of Waynesville was killed Friday in Seattle, Washington, when his pick-up truck left the roadway, overturned and burned according to Washington State Patrol. Smathers was attached to a Coast Guard Reserve Unit at Sand Point Naval Support Activity Base in Seattle. He entered the service in 1964. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Smathers of Waynesville, half brother, John E. Kuykendall of Fayettville, the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Charlie Smathers.

128. BONNIE JEAN¹⁰ SMATHERS (CHARLIE EDGAR⁹, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born 1930. She married LYNUEL PHILLIPS October 22, 1949. He was born 1926.

Children of BONNIE SMATHERS and LYNUEL PHILLIPS are:

	i.		CHARLES¹¹ PHILLIPS.
	ii.		WANDA PHILLIPS, m. JAMES EDDIE BARTON.
	iii.		JERRY WAYNE PHILLIPS.

129. WILSIE¹⁰ RABB (LULA MAE⁹ SMATHERS, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born July 26, 1918 in Haywood Co., NC, and died September 17, 1978. She married JAMES E. SMITH.

Children of WILSIE RABB and JAMES SMITH are:

	i.		MARY ANN¹¹ SMITH, m. FNU COGBURN.
	ii.		JOHNNY SMITH.
	iii.		DANNY SMITH.
	iv.		JIMMY SMITH.

130. GLENN C. "JACK"¹⁰ RABB (LULA MAE⁹ SMATHERS, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born April 04, 1921 in Haywood Co., NC. He married ELOISE MORROW.

Child of GLENN RABB and ELOISE MORROW is:

THOMAS¹¹ RABB.

131. BONNER FRANKLIN¹⁰ RABB (LULA MAE⁹ SMATHERS, IVEN SMITH "DUTCH"⁸, GEORGE W.⁷, HENRY⁶, HEINRICH "HENRY"⁵, WILLIAM⁴ SMITHER II, WILHELM "WILLIAM"³ SCHMETTER, JOHN² SMOTHERS, JAMES¹) was born May 31, 1923 in Haywood Co., NC, and died September 19, 1990. He married NINA NORMAN.

Notes for BONNER FRANKLIN RABB:
Waynesville Newspaper, June 18, 1923, Balsam News: Born to Mr and Mrs Calvin Rabb, June 7th, a fine boy, Barnard Frank Rabb.

Children of BONNER RABB and NINA NORMAN are:

	i.		LINDA¹¹ RABB.
	ii.		DAVID RABB.
	iii.		STEVEN LEONARD RABB, b. October 03, 1948, Haywood Co., NC; d. February 03, 1991, Haywood Co., NC.
	iv.		DEBBIE RABB.

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