Carolyn "Susie" Sue Richmond Smitha Obituary (1944

Mrs. Carolyn Sue "Susie" Richmond Smitha, age 75, of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on January 18, 1944 at Bryantsburg at home in Jefferson County, Indiana. The family soon moved to Trimble County, Kentucky and Susie attended school there and later received several college courses. She was blessed with two children, Alaina and Brian and loved being a mom. She was united in marriage to Floyd Donnell in 1989 and they enjoyed eight years of marriage until his death on April 6, 1997. She worked early in life for the U.S. Shoe Factory in Madison from 1964-1968. She then began a career with Dayton Walther Corporation in Carrollton (now Arvin Meritor) as a line packager retiring after 30 years of service. On January 15, 2000 Susie was united in marriage to William Jackson Smitha, Jr. at her home in Trimble County. This marriage merged two families together, adding sons, Rob and Steve and a daughter, Carol. Jack and Susie enjoyed 19 years, 6 months and 7 days of a blessed marriage. She was a member of the Norfolk Holiness Church on Corn Creek in Trimble County and also attended the Wirt Baptist Church in Madison. She loved gardening, flowers, reading, shopping and her grandchildren. Susie fought a 20 year battle with Scleroderma and passed peacefully on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 4:15 a.m. at her home with her loving family at her side. Click Here for Tribute VideoA LOVING FAMILY Susie will be missed by her loving husband of 19 years, 6 months and 7 days, William Jackson "Jack" Smitha of Madison, Indiana; her children, Alaina Connelly of Trimble County, Kentucky, Brian Luellen and his wife, Tina of Trimble County, Kentucky, Rob Smitha and his wife, Judy of Madison, Indiana, Carol Smitha Lee of Madison, Indiana, Steve Smitha and his wife, Anne of Lexington, Kentucky; her grandchildren, Zachary (Tiffany), Jacob, Halee (Dawson), Joshua, Amber (Nathan), Jennifer (Dave), Katie (Tyler), Rachel (Jesse), Emma, Anna and Lauren; her great grandchildren, Amelia, KayLynn, Zachary, Jr., Jacob, Alivia, Andrew, and Dylan; her sisters, Rosa Bowling of Madison, Indiana, Mary Watterson and her husband, Don of Hanover, Indiana; her brothers, David Richmond and his wife, Brenda of Bedford, Kentucky, Daniel Richmond and his wife, Dwaina of Bedford, Kentucky, Bobby Richmond and his wife, Verna of Carrollton, Kentucky; her sisters in law and brothers in law, Charlotte Louise Gossman and her husband, Steve of Hope, Indiana, Rita Faye Stinson of Gallatin County, Kentucky, James Douglas Smitha of Madison, Indiana, Thurma "Corkey" Smitha of Madison, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Tony Marshall Richmond, her mother, Sara Louise Handlon Richmond, her late husband, Floyd Donnell, her brothers, Harold Richmond and Henry Richmond, her son in law, Brian Lee, and her brothers in law, Charles Bowling and Gary Smitha. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, July 25, 2019, at 12:00 pm, by Rev. Robert Leach at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Moffett Cemetery in Milton, Kentucky VISITATION Friends may visit Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the National Scleroderma Association. Cards are available at the funeral homes. Make An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Carolyn "Susie" Sue Richmond Smitha, please click here to visit our sympathy store.