Edna Mae Smiley

Edna Mae Smiley, 97, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2023.

Born Nov. 13, 1925, in Pulaski County, Ky., she was the daughter of Homer and Martha Lucille (Abbott) Cook.

Edna was a homemaker and proud matriarch to 95 descendants.

She was a member of the New Testament Missionary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Elmer Ellis Smiley; brothers Ernie Cook, Edwin Cook and Gene Cook; sister Doris Smiley; daughter-in-law Caroline Nanette Arbuckle; granddaughter Celeta Harbin; and grandson John Tharp.

Edna is survived by her children, Steve (Patty) Smiley, Linda (Rex) Snider, Ray (Kathy) Smiley, Danny (Susie) Smiley, Sharon (Curt) Hoskins, Janice (Ken) Hamilton, Tim (Bert) Smiley and Lora (Scott) Tharp; sisters Edith Tarter and Mary Smith (Don); 25 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 14 at the Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Forest Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 13.

Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Edna to the American Cancer Society or the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Association.