Kay Baker Jones

PERRY-

Kay Baker Jones, 64, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2017. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 24, 2017, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Watson-Hunt Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, August 25, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel at Watson-Hunt Funeral Home. Interment will be in Perry Memorial Gardens immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Kay was born in Savannah to the late Edna Knight Baker Havens and the late H.L. Baker. A lifelong resident of Perry, she was an accountant and bookkeeper. She worked in the Business Office at Perry Hospital for a number of years, and later worked for McNair, McLemore, and Middlebrooks accounting firm. Kay owned and operated Kay’s Fast Tax for years, and More Than Mail, also. Although she enjoyed her work and dedicated time to her customers and clients, Kay’s passion in life was her family; being a wife, “Mama,” and “Nanny” were her focus. She loved spending time with each and every one of them, whether at home or their special place at the beach. Walking on the beach was one of Kay’s favorite things to do. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, W.J. Baker; and a sister, Janelle Culpepper.

Left to cherish the memories of Kay are Rick Ketterbaugh of Perry, with whom she shared her life for 24 years; her children, Richard Jones (Rita) of Perry, Michael Jones of Byron, and Stephanie Drennan (Cory) of McCormick, SC; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; 2 step-children, Pam Elliott and Rick Ketterbaugh, Jr.; 6 step-grandchildren; 3 step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Louise Brown of Eden, NC; a brother, Leon Baker (Alma) of Jacksonville, FL; several nieces and nephews; the father of her children, Grady Jones, Jr.; and her precious and loyal dog, “Sassy.”

Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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