Mrs. Edna Grace Johnson Smedley

Funeral services were held Wednesday July 1st at 11:00 AM at the Ivy Creek United Methodist Church in Statesville, Alabama with the Reverends Lance Eiland and Richard Lucas officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Smedley was born February 18, 1930 in Selma, Alabama to the late Carson Whitson Johnson and Eva Motley Johnson. She started her career as a switchboard operator at Southern Bell, worked in the lock plant for a time and then joined the International Paper Company (Hammermill Paper Company). She retired from I.P. after serving as the payroll clerk for 30 years. She was a member of the Ivy Creek United Methodist Church and active in her community. She served on numerous boards and committees in service to her community.

She enjoyed crocheting and many of her afghans grace the beds of friends and family members.

She volunteered and worked with various area hospice organizations and made afghans gifts for many the hospice patients.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband Cecil Smedley, Sr, in 2006.

She is survived by her son and daughter in law James Cecil (Jr.) and Sandra Smedley of Statesville; daughter and son in law Sherrill Smedley and Vince Rutherford of Asheville, N.C.; a brother, Dr. Marvin W. Johnson of Lake Butler, Fl., brother Milton Johnson of Statesville; sister Mildred Combs of Montgomery; brother in law Douglas Smedley of Autaugaville; three grandchildren James C. “Trey” Smedley (Jennifer) III, Sean (Tiffanee) Smedlay and Brandi (Josh) Prevatt; nine great grandchildren, Cody and Caitlyn Prevatt, Alyssa, Seanah, Lisa, Parker, Bailee, Madison and Zachary James Smedley. Pallbearers were Trey Smedley, Sean Smedley, Josh Prevatt, Willie Wilson, Mike Walker and Cody Prevatt.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Ivy Creek United Methodist Church Building fund at 560 Autauga County Road 1 South, Selma, Alabama 36703 in memory of Grace Johnson Smedley.