Kay Jones

JONES, Kay Listra - Age 53, of Burksville, Kentucky and formerly of Flint, Michigan, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Kay was doing what she loved when she left us - walking to the presidential inauguration after a year of passionately working on President Obama's campaign. Family hour 10AM Tuesday, January 27, 2009 followed by a memorial service at 11AM at Bethel United Methodist Church, 1309 N. Ballenger Hwy., Rev. Dr. Tara Sutton officiating. Cremation has already taken place and an additional springtime memorial service will be held in Kentucky where her ashes will be scattered in her favorite place. Kay Listra Jones was born January 11, 1956 in Flint, MI to Rev. Samuel P. and Kathleen A. Jones. When she was six months old the family moved to Oklahoma, then Georgia, Ohio, Indiana and back to Flint in 1968, where Kay attended Flint Community Schools, graduating from Flint Northern. She also received a B.A. degree from University of Michigan. Kay moved to Atlanta where she met and married Dennis Curley. They moved to Kentucky where she made her home until the time of her passing. She worked independently as a licensed massage therapist. Kay loved music, interpretive dancing, and wrote wonderful short stories. She liked entertaining friends and helping people through their problems. Kay loved nature, hiking on her 100 acres property, canning food from her garden, meditated seriously and always reached toward a higher calling of helping people. She traveled many parts of the world as far as Greece and Egypt and always came back to enlighten us on how others lived. We will miss her spirituality, high energy and imagination. Our hearts are broken but the scripture tells us that He will heal the broken heart. Kay left behind many who loved her dearly: husband, Dennis Curley; parents, Rev. Samuel and Kathleen A. Jones; brothers, Deon H. Jones, Norman L. Jones (Duck Hyung), David Harston Jones (Beverly); sisters, LaDonna J. Gamble, Stephanie A. Jones; uncle, Billye G. Thompson; aunt, Rosemary C. Ward; nephews, Fred and Tim Jones, Anthony and Trevor Gamble; nieces, Avery Jones and Ayanna Claybrooks; cousins, Billye, Lance, Anthony, Gerry and Lauretta. The family is grateful to special friends who attended to Kay in her final hours: Chris and Christa Korrow and daughters, and Patty Huggins – she was never alone. Other friends include, Starr, Kenneth, Yahss, Golda, Kay, Pam, Patti, Carla, Virginia, Lisa, Robert, Jimmy and numerous others. In leiu of flowers donations can be made to research efforts of the National Marfan Foundation in memory of Kay Listra Jones (go to www.marfan.org and click “donate” at the top page – the memorial is in the name of Kay Listra Jones).

Kay Jones

January 11, 1956 - January 20, 2009