Kathryn Hale Kennedy

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Kathryn Hale Kennedy, Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Monroe News-Star June 3, 2019

LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA - Funeral services for Kathryn Hale Kennedy, age 91 of Lake Providence, Louisiana will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at First United Methodist Church in Lake Providence, Louisiana.

Reverend Henry Stone will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Lake Providence City Cemetery in Lake Providence.

Services are under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Lake Providence.

A time of visitation will be held from 10 to 11 AM on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at First United Methodist Church in Lake Providence.

Mrs. Kennedy passed away on Friday, May 31, 2019 at Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, Louisiana.

Kathryn was born in Nacagdoches, Texas to William Horace Hale and Alma Kathrine Renfro Hale. She married her husband in 1950 and moved to Lake Providence to raise her family. She was enployed by the East Carroll Parish Tax Assessors Office for a number of years. She was an active volunteer at First United Methodist Church in Lake Providence.

The family would like to thank Dr. George Fahkre and his staff for their wonderful care over the years. The family would also like to thank her care givers: Jerri Harvey, Marilyn Stanley, Dorothy Hickman, Jo Ella Dinan and Karen Blake for their loving compassionate care.

She is preceded in death by her parents, William Horace Hale and Alma Katherine (Renfro) Hale; and a sister, Ruth Hale.

She is survived by her husband, Leonard Roberts Kennedy of Lake Providence, Louisiana; son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Frances Kennedy of Tallulah, Louisiana; son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Jennifer Kennedy of Greenville, South Carolina; daugher, Ann Nutt of Benton, Louisiana; granddaughter, Kim Donham (Ronnie) of Tallulah, Louisiana; grandson, Billy Kennedy of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; granddaughter, Meredith Sims (Bo) of Greenville, South Carolina; grandson, Brant Kennedy of Greenville, South Carolina; Lisa Nutt of Austin, Texas; five great grandchildren: Will Donham, Colin Donham, Kathryn Sims, Harper Sims and Olivia Sims; brother, Bill Hale of Mesa, Colorado; niece, Marie Hale of Mesa, Colorado and nephew, Billy Hale of Salsbury, North Carolina.

Pallbearers are: David Oswalt, Mike McKenzie, Major Amacker, Robbie Bagbey, Ricky Bagbey and John Brown.