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Donnie Milton Smedley

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Donnie Milton Smedley

Birth
Browntown, Warren County, Virginia, USA
Death
27 Dec 2021 (aged 81)
Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Donnie Milton Smedley, 81, of Browntown, Virginia, passed away Monday, December 27, 2021 at Hidden Springs Assisted Living.

A graveside funeral service will be held on January 22at 11:00 am at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Public viewing will be from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm each day from January 2 until January 9 to allow all family and friends time to visit with opportunity for social distancing.

Donnie was born April 21, 1940 in Browntown, Virginia. He was married for 48 years to his sweet bride Carleen "Carol" Burnett Smedley. He was the son of Charles Lewis "Sheep" Smedley and Myrtle Mae Rudacille Smedley.

He worked for many years for Poe's Mill and Lumber where he was a carpenter and helped build countless custom homes including his own. He was a member of the Cool Spring Church of God and member and avid supporter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

Surviving are his children Danny Smedley and his wife Elizabeth Corr Smedley of Flint Hill, Michael Smedley and his wife Kristi Olson Smedley of Woodbridge and Deborah Dawson and her husband Michael Dawson of Front Royal; two brothers, Winifred "Win" Smedley, and Charles William "Shavey" Smedley; 9 grandchildren, Emily Smedley, Curtis Smedley, Adam Smedley, Kjersti Oliver, Garrett Smedley, LynnzeBishop, Leslie Sadler, Alexandra Dawson and Elizabeth Dawson; and 4 great-grandchildren, Brady Oliver, Rhys Oliver, Holden Bishop and Hoyt Sadler.

Donnie was preceded in death by his wife, his parents; two brothers, John H. Smedley Sr. and Leonard Smedley; and his sister Geneva Mae "Sally" Stogdale and one infant sister, Lois Ann Smedley.

Pallbearers will be Leonard Wayne Smedley, John Smedley, Jr., Brian Smedley, Bradley Smedley, William Smedley and Lee Vickers.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts be considered for Cool Spring Church of God at 3705 Gooney Manor Loop, Browntown, VA 22610 or the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation at 5705 Grant Creek, Missoula, MT 59808 or online at https://www.rmef.org/donate/memorials-honoraria/.

Arrangements are being handled by Maddox Funeral Home, Front Royal, Virginia.

An obituary was published in the Northern Virginia Daily on Friday, December 31, 2021.
Donnie Milton Smedley, 81, of Browntown, Virginia, passed away Monday, December 27, 2021 at Hidden Springs Assisted Living.

A graveside funeral service will be held on January 22at 11:00 am at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Public viewing will be from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm each day from January 2 until January 9 to allow all family and friends time to visit with opportunity for social distancing.

Donnie was born April 21, 1940 in Browntown, Virginia. He was married for 48 years to his sweet bride Carleen "Carol" Burnett Smedley. He was the son of Charles Lewis "Sheep" Smedley and Myrtle Mae Rudacille Smedley.

He worked for many years for Poe's Mill and Lumber where he was a carpenter and helped build countless custom homes including his own. He was a member of the Cool Spring Church of God and member and avid supporter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

Surviving are his children Danny Smedley and his wife Elizabeth Corr Smedley of Flint Hill, Michael Smedley and his wife Kristi Olson Smedley of Woodbridge and Deborah Dawson and her husband Michael Dawson of Front Royal; two brothers, Winifred "Win" Smedley, and Charles William "Shavey" Smedley; 9 grandchildren, Emily Smedley, Curtis Smedley, Adam Smedley, Kjersti Oliver, Garrett Smedley, LynnzeBishop, Leslie Sadler, Alexandra Dawson and Elizabeth Dawson; and 4 great-grandchildren, Brady Oliver, Rhys Oliver, Holden Bishop and Hoyt Sadler.

Donnie was preceded in death by his wife, his parents; two brothers, John H. Smedley Sr. and Leonard Smedley; and his sister Geneva Mae "Sally" Stogdale and one infant sister, Lois Ann Smedley.

Pallbearers will be Leonard Wayne Smedley, John Smedley, Jr., Brian Smedley, Bradley Smedley, William Smedley and Lee Vickers.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts be considered for Cool Spring Church of God at 3705 Gooney Manor Loop, Browntown, VA 22610 or the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation at 5705 Grant Creek, Missoula, MT 59808 or online at https://www.rmef.org/donate/memorials-honoraria/.

Arrangements are being handled by Maddox Funeral Home, Front Royal, Virginia.

An obituary was published in the Northern Virginia Daily on Friday, December 31, 2021.


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