Donald Ray Smith Sr. passed away peacefully on October 16, 2020 at Hospice of the Golden Isles. Funeral services will be conducted at 11AM Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Pine Ridge Baptist Church with Reverend Jerry Johns, Rob Owens and Billy Brooks officiating. Interment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery with Randy Hilburn, Tony Smith, Andrew Smith, Randy Sullivan, Jake Thomas, and Zane Stevens serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be 70 And Up Men’s Sunday School Class of Pine Ridge Baptist Church.
Don was born September 18, 1935 in Mexico Missouri to Ernest and Lena Mae Smith. Don graduated from Mexico High School in 1954. Mr. Smith joined the United States Navy in 1954 and was honorably discharged in 1962. After the military, he moved to Brunswick, GA with his wife, Rudine and children, and went to work for Glynco then FLETC where he retired. Don has been a faithful member of Pine Ridge Baptist Church for 61 years and a lifetime member of the Boonesborough Society as the 7th great Nephew of Daniel Boone.
Don is preceded in death by his father, Ernest Smith Sr.; mother, Lena Mae Senor; brother, Ernest Smith Jr.; two grandsons, Dylan Coen and Eric Matherly; beloved aunt Georgie Roberts and beloved cousin Raymond Senor.
Don is survived by his sisters: Peggy Johnson and Anna Mae Forbis; children: Donald Ray (Denise) Smith Jr., Kimberly (JR) Coen, Steven (Vivianna) McDonald and loving daughter-in-law Michelle Aquino; Grandchildren: Anthony (Sarah) Smith, Cammie (Brian) Heinhold, Andrew (Callie) Smith, Jessica McDonald, Emily McDonald, Lillian Matherly, Destiny Stewart, Madison Matherly, Gracie Matherly and Jake Thomas; Great grandchildren: Davonika Smith, Bella Strickland, Eli Smith, Candler Smith and Dylan Heinhold; a great-great grandchild, Liam Cryer and a host of nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, October 20, 2020 from 6pm until 8pm at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Hospice of the Golden Isles, Pine Ridge Baptist Church, or Wounded Warriors Project in his name. A special thank you to Hospice Of The Golden Isles. www.edomillerandsons.com
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