Born on August 17, 1940 in Elletsville, he was the son of Alice (Swafford) and Ralph E. Medley. He married Rhoda Marie Harp on June 5, 1960 and she survives. He retired in 2002 from the Smithville Telephone Co. where he was an installer and repairman. He attended the Fayetteville Baptist Church, and was a member of the National Guard.
Surviving is his wife Rhoda Marie, of Williams; two daughters, Tammy Lynn Smith and her husband David of Angola, Indiana, and Debra Turner and her husband Bobby, of Bedford; eight grandchildren, Kenneth, Adam, Amber, Tyler, Ashly, Nickolus, Nethaneal, and Zaria; one great-grandchild, Gracie; one brother, Ralph Medley of Gosport; one sister, Wilma Ward of Georgia; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and seven siblings, Bob, Margaret, Charles, Harold, Donald, Maxine, and Mary.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the Old Dutch Community Church in Ellettsville with Pastor Kenny Walden officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Dutch Community Church Cemetery in Ellettsville. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 5 from 3-8 p.m. at the Day & Carter Mortuary, and 11 a.m. until the hour of service on Wednesday at the Old Dutch Community Church.
Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.
Spencer Evening World, May 5, 2015
Born on August 17, 1940 in Elletsville, he was the son of Alice (Swafford) and Ralph E. Medley. He married Rhoda Marie Harp on June 5, 1960 and she survives. He retired in 2002 from the Smithville Telephone Co. where he was an installer and repairman. He attended the Fayetteville Baptist Church, and was a member of the National Guard.
Surviving is his wife Rhoda Marie, of Williams; two daughters, Tammy Lynn Smith and her husband David of Angola, Indiana, and Debra Turner and her husband Bobby, of Bedford; eight grandchildren, Kenneth, Adam, Amber, Tyler, Ashly, Nickolus, Nethaneal, and Zaria; one great-grandchild, Gracie; one brother, Ralph Medley of Gosport; one sister, Wilma Ward of Georgia; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and seven siblings, Bob, Margaret, Charles, Harold, Donald, Maxine, and Mary.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the Old Dutch Community Church in Ellettsville with Pastor Kenny Walden officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Dutch Community Church Cemetery in Ellettsville. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 5 from 3-8 p.m. at the Day & Carter Mortuary, and 11 a.m. until the hour of service on Wednesday at the Old Dutch Community Church.
Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.
Spencer Evening World, May 5, 2015
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Robert Ellsworth Medley
1921–2005
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Margaret Elizabeth Medley Hopkins
1923–2007
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Charles Edward Medley
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Wilma Alene "Granny Grandma Ward" Medley Ward
1928–2018
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Donald Lee "Don" Medley
1931–2001
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Harold Emery Medley
1934–2005
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1936–2011
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