Smathers, Arla Hartley

Passed: 1975-01-06

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Death Notice: 1975-01-10

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Information: Mrs. Arla Hartley Smathers of Canton, N. C., passed away Jan. 6, 1975, in a Waynesville hospital, following an extended illness.  She was born in the Gunville area of Mason county, the daughter of the late Thomas T. Hartley and Victoria Taylor Hartley.  She had lived in North Carolina for more than forty years.  She was the sister of Vitus Hartley, Sr. of Pt. Pleasant, and Dawson E. Hartley of Leon.  In addition to the two brothers, she is survived by her husband, Charles J. Smathers, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Frank Waistell, of Akron O., and several nieces and nephews.  Services were conducted by the Rev. Wade Childers, pastor of Long's Chapel United Methodist Church, Canton, of which she was a member.  Burial was in the churchyard, nearby.  Several relatives from West Virginia attended the last rites.  Among them were Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hartley, Leon, Mr. Harley Hartley and Mr. J. Gary Kapp, Pt. Pleasant, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Kapp, West Columbia, Mrs. Grace (Hartley) Casto, Ravenswood, and Mrs. Virginia (Hartley) Click, Evans, W. Va.