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David Milton Medley, 66
David Medley

David Milton Medley, 66 of Cookeville passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020, at Signature Health Care of Putnam County in Cookeville, Tennessee.

 David loved and missed his son, the late Cody Levi Medley so much that he longed to see him again.

 Born Wednesday, May 26, 1954 in Cookeville, he was the only child of the late William Medley and the late Kerrin Shanks Medley.

 He was the loving and caring husband of Mitzi Jo Carnahan Medley for 33 blessed years.

 David was a talker, and a storyteller.  He never met a stranger.  David was known as "Doc" at the stockyard and "Tiny" everywhere else.  He was a rural letter carrier in for 29 years. He also was a tax accountant after having graduated from TTU with a BS degree in accounting.  He was a farmer all his life raising tobacco, pigs, beef, and goats.  He helped many veterinarians with the animals at the stockyards.  

 Survivors include three sons, David Phillips and Cricket Wheeler, Jason (Ericka) Matthews, and Jeffrey (Jennifer) Matthews; grandchildren, Cody, Connor, Calan and Chase Matthews and Morgan Clark; special cousins Jolly, Jerry and Julie Watts, Roger and Gary Medley and Aunt Reba Medley;  Special friends and coworkers of the Smith County Commission Stockyard, and the Billy and Grace Gregory Family Doris Jackson Family and the Sue Halfacre Family, Milt Ashburn, William Green, Monroe Huddleston, and   Mike and Troy Hickey.

  Funeral service was held on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at Presley Funeral Home.  Interment followed at Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery. 

 Presley Funeral Home, Cookeville, was in charge of the arrangements.

Smithville Review

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Jan. 27, 2021