Nelta Ruth Kay's Obituary
Funeral services for Nelta Ruth Kay, 72, of Burr Ferry will be Saturday, November 15 at 10:00 a.m. at Freedom Rest Baptist Church in Burr Ferry, with Rev. Malcolm Jeane and Rev. James Kay will officiate. The burial will follow in the Beech Grove Cemetery in Anacoco, LA. Friends may call Thursday, November 13th from 12:00 noon until time of service at the Church.
Mrs. Kay passed away Wednesday November 12th at The Woodlands in Leesville, Louisiana.
Nelta was a homemaker and a life long resident of Vernon Parish. She was a member of Freedom Rest Baptist Church were she taught Sunday School, and played the organ and piano. She was a loving wife and mother.
Mrs. Kay was preceded in death by her dad Houston E. Knight and son Johnny Kay.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years LeRoy Kay of Burr Ferry, Louisiana; two sons Justin Kay and wife Bonnie of Burr Ferry, Louisiana and Jeff and wife Cynthia of Burr Ferry, Louisiana; daughter-n-law Renate Kay; mother Julia Cleola Tilley of DeRidder, Louisiana; brothers Eddie Tilley Jr. and wife Beverly of DeRidder, Louisiana and Jerry Knight and wife Shoa-Fang of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; sister Betty Spell and husband James of Eunice, Louisiana; grandchildren Leah Kay, Tiffany Kay, and Brittany Kay.
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