Kathy Jean Smith Headley
Kathy Jean Smith Headley passed away June 22nd at Marietta Hospital at the age of 74. The middle of three daughters of Charles Smith and Anna Orr, Kathy was born at the family home in Blue, WV in 1948. The family moved to a farm on Next Road and Kathy attended Sistersville High School, graduating with the class of 1966.
After graduation, she worked at Murphy’s 5 and 10 in Sistersville, becoming a manager before working in other retail including as manager for many years at the town Dairy Queen.
Married to Ernest Headley in 1993, Kathy lived in nearby towns, eventually residing in Sistersville – focusing on family by hosting reunions and enjoying days out with her sisters and niece and raising cats and kittens.
In previous years, she enjoyed traveling to see country music stars with her cousins. She was a loving aunt to her nephew, Benjy Kile and her niece, Leeanna Wise. She is preceded in death by her parents and her sister Karen Kile and she is survived by her husband Ernest Headley and sister Lana Wise. In addition to her niece and nephew, she is also survived by grand nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at Furbee Funeral Home in Middlebourne, WV – Monday 6/27 from 6-8pm with funeral services held Tuesday 6/28 at 11am followed by burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Sistersville.
Donations can be made in Kathy’s memory to the Olive Branch Animal Shelter – 2957 Badger Run Rd, Sistersville, WV, 26175
Expression o f sympathy may be made www.furbeefuneralhome.com.