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Donald A. Raper
October 3, 1949 - September 1, 2025
Service Date September 7, 2025
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR DONNY WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2025, AT 3:00 PM AT RIO EAST CHURCH 1601 E. BROADWAY MARYVILLE. PASTOR DALE BUCHANAN WILL BE OFFICIATING. THE BURIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE VA CEMETERY ON JOHN SEVIER HWY ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 8.30 AM FOR FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE MAKE DONATIONS TO HELP WITH FUNERAL EXPENSES TO: MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME: 1102 BIG SPRINGS RD, MARYVILLE, TN 37801.
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DONALD A. RAPER AGE 75 OF MARYVILLE PASSED AWAY AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST 2025 AT 6.25 PM. HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE OF 56 YEARS AND A DEVOTED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS RB AND GENEVA RAPER AND INFANT SON DARREN. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ADDIE DOCKERY RAPER AND 2 CHILDREN, AMY RAPER WHALEY (BILL) RYAN BRENT RAPER (HEATHER.) HIS GRANDCHILDREN WERE THE LIGHT OF HIS LIFE…MEGAN WHALEY TRAXLER (JAKE), ASHTON WHALEY, ABIGAIL KIELY, RILEY RAPER, DYLAN GRIBBLE, AND KAITLYN. SURVIIVING BROTHER JIMMY RAPER (BRENDA) WHOM HE LOVED WITH ALL HIS HEART AND SOUL. DONNY LOVED GOD, HIS FAMILY AND HIS COUNTRY. HE LOVED HIS CHURCH FAMILY AT RIO EAST AND HIS MANY SPECIAL FRIENDS. DONNY DEARLY LOVED HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE HAD MANY COUSINS HE LOVED BUT HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SHIRLEY MORRISON (TIM) AND SHARON ERNST. I HAVE TO MENTION HIS SPECIAL LITTLE GRANDOGS, SCOUT, FRANKIE AND LEO.