Funeral services for Chester Ray Donn, 81, of Smithville, were held Feb. 18 at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Steve Officer officiated with burial following in DeKalb Memorial Gardens with military honors.    
Mr. Donn passed away Feb. 15 at DeKalb Community Hospital emergency room. He worked in a nursery and served in the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean conflict. Mr. Donn also loved Nascar and raced stock cars when he was younger.  
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Amelia Birkholz Donn; a son, Bruce Chester Donn; and brothers, Ervin, Bernard and Rowland Donn.
Survivors include his companion of 34 years, Faye Jennings of Smithville; a son, Michael (Susan) Donn of California; a daughter, Kathleen Donn of Michigan; grandchildren, Gretchen Breen, Ian (Emily) Donn, Matthew (Kyla) Donn, Shanna Donn, Zachary Donn, Mary Frances and Danielle Knowles; a great-granddaughter, Lily Breen; sisters, Vera (Floyd) Koontz and Dorothy Foster, both of Michigan; brothers, Walter (Delores) Donn of Florida, John (Ethel) Donn of Michigan; many nieces and nephews; and special friends, Danny and Kathy Knowles, Robert and Helen Moore and Jim and Donna Stapp.
The Veterans Honor Guard served as pallbearers.
DeKalb Funeral Chapel, Smithville, was in charge of the arrangements.
SMITHVILLE REVIEW
Smithville, TN
February 22, 2012
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