Grace Maxine (McCully) Smith

Grace Maxine (McCully) Smith, 100, of Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at Beacon Ridge.

A daughter of the late Ralph and Salome (McGaughey) McCully, she was born June 25, 1926, in Brush Valley.

Maxine was a 1945 graduate of Brush Valley High School. For 10 years, she worked at Indiana Regional Medical Center in Dietary. She was a homemaker and a member of the Indiana Wesleyan Methodist Church. Maxine loved music and loved to sing, she also played the trombone, accordion and piano. She enjoyed driving bus for the Indiana Wesleyan School.

She is survived by five children: George Smith and wife Chong, of Spokane, WA; Rev. Joseph Smith and wife Lois, of Hartville, OH; Wesley Smith and wife Ginny, of Marshalltown, IA; Mary Carol Churchill and husband Dr. Clifford, of Hobe Sound, FL; John Smith, Jr. and wife Julie, of Indiana. Maxine is also survived by 16 grandchildren, 44 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. The family extends a special thank you to her caregiver, Bonnie Mack.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her former spouse, John Smith; five sisters and a brother, Gladys Langley, Betty Wallace, Geraldine Crusan, Phillip McCully, Mary Louise Cook and Dorothy Fairman. Maxine was the last surviving member of her family.

Friends and family will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday July 02, 2026 at the Indiana Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1201 Church St., Indiana, with additional visitation on Friday July 03, 2026 from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 11 a.m. with Rev. Joseph L. Smith Sr. and Rev. Benjamin Blowers officiating, with a live stream service held on the Robinson-Lytle-Shoemaker Funeral Home Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063775488552 Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Robinson-Lytle-Shoemaker Funeral Home, 36 N 7th St., Indiana have been entrusted with the arrangements.

MOTHER

Sometimes we call her “Mother“, A lady tried and true; Sometimes, it’s “Mom,” or “Mum,” or “Ma,” Most anything will do.

Though she has lots to think about, Like any mother would; It’s so surprising what she knows, Her mem’ry is quite good. 

She knows so much about her kids, Their age, their size, their weight; Their grades in school, when homework’s due, I think it’s really great.

There’s other facts and figures, too…It’s quite the thing to see; She knows the date, the time, the place, Each joined the fam’ly tree.

But there’s one thing that puzzles me, Perhaps you’ve seen it too; Sometimes, when just one child she wants, She runs the whole list through.

It’s George, it’s Joe, it’s Wes, it’s John, It’s Tom or Dick or Harry; She mentions ev’ry name she knows, When all she wants is, Mary.

But, best of all, I’d like to note, Of mother’s everywhere; A Christian mom will not forget, To call our names in prayer! 

Author, Joseph L. Smith, Copyright