Mary Ellen O'Connell Smethells Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Mary Ellen O'Connell Smethells of Knoxville, Tennessee, who passed away on May 1, 2024. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Mary Ellen O'Connell Smethells to pay them a last tribute.
She was loved and cherished by many people including: her pet Bessie; her parents, Cecil O'Connell and Edna Davidson O'Connell; her brothers, Dwight O'Connell and John Jacob O'Connell; her husband Charles R. "Chuck" Smethells, MD; her family Mary; her daughters, Jane Gulley (Gerald) and Jill Frederickson (Eric); her grandchildren, Blythe Gulley (Andrew Chen) and John "Jack" Gulley; and her caregiver Dorren.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to Church Street United Methodist Church https://churchstreetumc.org or the Knox County Friends of the Library https://www.knoxfriends.org Or, read a book to a child of any age!
