Minnie Smithey

Elon, NC Minnie Lea Kernodle Smithey, age 88, formerly of Elon Ossipee Road went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at White Oak Manor. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late Clyde Milton Smithey, Sr. Minnie Lea retired after 40 years from Burlington Industries, J. Spencer Love Plant. She was a longtime member of Altamahaw Baptist Church and a former member of the choir. Minnie Lea taught Sunday School and worked in the church day care for many years. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Her faithfulness to her family and her Lord will be a living testimony to all who knew and loved Minnie Lea. Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Woody Montgomery of Denton and Peggy and Vernon Moore of Gibsonville; sons and daughter-in-law, David and Diane Smithey of Efland and C. Milton Smithey, Jr. of Gibsonville; ten grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; sister, Edith Rudd of Elon and a brother, Melvin Kernodle of Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde and parents, Walter Lawrence and Bertha Loy Kernodle; brothers, Leonard and Wilbur Kernodle. The funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at the Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Walter Jones and the burial will follow at Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home and other times at the home of the granddaughter, Shari Gray on Dorsett Street in Burlington. Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity.