Condolences to the Family of Kay Mayberry

Kay Mayberry

November 2, 2015 

72-year-old Broughton resident, Kay Mayberry died at 2:25 p.m. Sunday, November 1 at Hamilton Memorial Nursing Center in McLeansboro.

She had been a University of Illinois Home Economics Extension Advisor and Family Life Educator. She attended Herscher High School and earned a Master’s Degree from the University of Illinois.

She was a member of the Hamilton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, served as president of the Homemakers Education Association Board, taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible school, and sang in the church choir.

Survivors include her husband, Gerald Mayberry; two sons, Troy Mayberry of McLeansboro and Todd and wife Lisa Mayberry of West Frankfort; a daughter, Tanya Thornton and husband Jeff of Evansville, IN; a brother, Gerald Williams of Bloomington, IL; a step-sister, Rita Caron of Manteno, IL and six grandchildren, Brook and Bradyn Mayberry, Cassidy Rennison, Ella, Lucy and Sadie Thornton.

Funeral services for Kay Mayberry will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 at the First Baptist Church in McLeansboro with burial in Prospect Cemetery southeast of McLeansboro.
Visitation will be 5 – 8 Wednesday evening, Nov. 4 at the First Baptist Church in McLeansboro.

Memorials may be made to the Hamilton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary or Hamilton County Relay for Life and will be accepted at the Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro, which is in charge of all the arrangements.