Mary Jane Kay
April 28, 1943 — June 26, 2019
Mary Jane Kay, age 76, of Clinton, departed this life on June 26, 2019 and went home to be with her heavenly family.
Mary was born in 1943 to Jessie and Mae Huie of Clinton. In 1957, she began her lifelong career as a cook. Mostly working in her hometown of Clinton, Mary also worked at Luke Airforce Base in Phoenix, Arizona and eventually retired from Conway Human Development Center in Conway, Arkansas. In 1957, she married Roy Thomas Kay and raised six sons and one daughter. She had a love for bird watching, gardening, canning, and having cookouts with family and friends.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents, husband, sons; Thomas Kay, John Kay, and siblings; Doretha Weatherbee, Dana Nunn, Opie Huie, and John Paul Huie.
Left to cherish her memories are her sons; Jeff (Tracy) Kay of Rusk, Texas, Jerry (Laura) Kay of Clinton, Robert (Kim) Kay of Conway, James Kay of Greenbrier, and Pamela (Clay) Owens of Eustis, Florida. Also surviving are brothers; Tom (Diana) Huie and Larry (Patsy) Huie of Clinton, Danny Huie of Belton, Texas, and sister Nara (James) Linn of Bee Branch; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and numerous friends.
A memorial service will be at 10 am on Saturday, June 29 at Mainline Full Gospel Church in Bee Branch, Arkansas, with the Rev. Michael Roberson officiating. Mary’s ashes will be scattered on the Huie family farm at a later date.
Mary was born in 1943 to Jessie and Mae Huie of Clinton. In 1957, she began her lifelong career as a cook. Mostly working in her hometown of Clinton, Mary also worked at Luke Airforce Base in Phoenix, Arizona and eventually retired from Conway Human Development Center in Conway, Arkansas. In 1957, she married Roy Thomas Kay and raised six sons and one daughter. She had a love for bird watching, gardening, canning, and having cookouts with family and friends.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents, husband, sons; Thomas Kay, John Kay, and siblings; Doretha Weatherbee, Dana Nunn, Opie Huie, and John Paul Huie.
Left to cherish her memories are her sons; Jeff (Tracy) Kay of Rusk, Texas, Jerry (Laura) Kay of Clinton, Robert (Kim) Kay of Conway, James Kay of Greenbrier, and Pamela (Clay) Owens of Eustis, Florida. Also surviving are brothers; Tom (Diana) Huie and Larry (Patsy) Huie of Clinton, Danny Huie of Belton, Texas, and sister Nara (James) Linn of Bee Branch; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and numerous friends.
A memorial service will be at 10 am on Saturday, June 29 at Mainline Full Gospel Church in Bee Branch, Arkansas, with the Rev. Michael Roberson officiating. Mary’s ashes will be scattered on the Huie family farm at a later date.
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