Barbara Smathers

Canton – Barbara Alice Setzer Smathers, age 81, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2016 at Mission Hospitals-Memorial Campus. A native of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Edith Putnam Setzer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Wayne and Jackie Setzer. Barbara retired from Benfield Industries as a Bookkeeper. She was a member of Dutch Cove Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Woody Smathers of Canton; a son, Robert Woody Smathers, Jr. of Canton; a brother, Leon Setzer of Alabama; two grandchildren, Matthew and Sarah Smathers and three great-grandchildren, Kelsey, Javan and Isaiah. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 12, 2016 in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the Reverend Jason Miller and Reverend Roy Houston officiating. Burial will follow at Morning Star Community Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Morning Star Cemetery Maintenance Fund, P.O. Box 1746, Canton, NC 28716.

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