Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon, May 3, 2015 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of the Taylor Funeral Home with Pastor Wes Sesler officiating. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, May 2, 2015 from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. and on Sunday beginning at 12 noon until time of service.
Joey, age 8, of Burns, TN passed away suddenly April 27, 2015. He was born in Yokosuka, Japan and was the son of Robert Andrew and Amanda Kay Smedley Saksa. He was a very outgoing child who enjoyed jumping on his trampoline and playing video games especially Minecraft. He was a 2nd grade student at Stuart-Burns Elementary School.
Joey is survived by his parents; Bob and Amanda Saksa of Burns, TN, his brother; Steven Saksa of Burns,TN, his grandmother; Opal Smedley of Lafayette, IN, his aunts and uncles; Russ Smedley of Hammond, IN, Tom and Joann Smedley of Hobart, IN, Bill and Jamie Smedley of Westville, IN, Brian Smedley of Drown Point, IN, David Smedley of Michigan City, Barb Harrison of Martin,TN, and Missy amd Deron White of Lafayette, IN, Many cousins.