She was a member of the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and had been a cook for the Lean -To Restaurant in South Fulton, TN.
She is survived by a daughter - Kimberly Shay Cavitt of Morrow, GA; 3 sons and 2 daughters in law: Richard Wayne Cavitt of California, Jeffrey L. & Debbie Vaughn of Fulton, KY and Anthony Scott & Keshia Vaughn of Union City, TN, 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. 2 sisters & brothers in law : Phyllis (Leon) Rouse of Paducah, KY & Kim (Darryl) McCarrell of Homestead, PA; 4 brothers and a sister in law: Paul (Leah) Alexander of Cottage Grove, TN, Michael Alexander of Paducah,KY, Jerry Rucker of Fayetteville, GA and J.T. Cavitt, Jr. of Fulton, KY.
She was preceded in death by her father - J. T. Cavitt, her mother - Mary Margaret Alexander Rucker, step fathers - Charles W. Alexander, William R. Rucker, a brother - Cpl. Charles Phillip Alexander and a sister - Ponthola
Rucker-Harris.
Funeral services will be a 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 5,2008 at the Hornbeak Funeral Chapel with burial in the Greenlea Cemetery in Fulton,KY. Visitation will be from 12 noon on Tuesday until the funeral hour. Memorials may be made to: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital 50 N. Dunlap Street,
Memphis, TN 38103.