Toni (Smith) Goodnight

June 27, 1949 – May 26, 2026

Toni Goodnight, formerly of Hagerstown, Ind., died in Tucson, Ariz., the city where she lived the past several years. Toni passed away with her sister Shawn at her side, at the hospice to which Toni had been admitted a few days earlier.

Toni is survived by her husband, Gordon Goodnight, retired teacher and administrator. Survivors include sister Shawn of Green Valley, Ariz., and brothers James of Orleans, Ind., and Malcolm of Tipton, Ind.

Toni was born in Ft. Wayne, and grew up in Hagerstown, second daughter of Jerry and Jo Claire Smith. After graduating from Hagerstown High School in 1967, Toni attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, before joining the U.S. Air Force. After training as an aircraft maintenance tech, she was stationed at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

After her term of service, she returned to Indiana, where she helped create Hagerstown’s Sesquicentennial Quilt, on display at the Hagerstown Museum. Toni always wanted to help, and donated her time and efforts to many worthy causes over the years.

She worked at Perfect Circle/Dana in Hagerstown while attending Indiana University East in Richmond, from which she received her Registered Nurse degree. She then worked at Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond.

Toni married Bradley Beeson of Hagerstown. They lived in Brownsburg and had a son, Matthew Beeson. Matthew married the former Molly Bloom of Minnesota, and they live in Cicero, Ind., along with their eight children. Toni greatly missed her grandchildren the last few years of her life.

Before moving back to Hagerstown, Toni worked as a nurse at St. Vincent’s Ascension Hospital in Indianapolis. Back in Hagerstown, Toni married Gordon Goodnight. They soon moved to Tucson, and Toni worked as a nurse at Tucson Medical Center and other facilities, before retiring. Since then, she enjoyed watching and attending Arizona Diamondbacks baseball games, caring for her dog Lucy (and husband Gordon!), as well as sewing, knitting, and quilting. Toni loved traveling, including going on ocean cruises, as well as traveling “Back Home Again in Indiana” to visit friends and relatives.

A memorial service will be held for Toni in Hagerstown later this year.