Helen McCarty

Helen Thompson McCarty, age 89, of Benton, Kentucky, formerly of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah.
 
Helen was born in Paducah, Kentucky on August 26, 1934 to the late Bernie and Mary Thompson.  She was of the Christian faith.  Helen had a passion for genealogy that began in the 1970’s and continued up until recent years.   She would often research family ancestry at libraries and search for names in cemeteries.  Helen loved to travel every summer with her family.  They often visited national landmarks all over the country and she always used her trips as a chance to enhance her genealogy projects with new family history and names.  Helen dedicated her life to her family and children.  She volunteered many years as her daughters Girl Scout troop leader and served as Den Mother for her sons Boy Scouts. 
 
Helen is Survived by her three daughters, Carol Lucier of Belleville, Michigan, Shelly Schuster of Benton, and Belinda McCarty (Dewey Thompson) of Benton; son, James Kendall McCarty (Jeannine) of Grass Lake, Michigan; eight grandchildren, David Fuller, Crystal Schuster, Rebecca Gonzales, Danielle Schuster, Candice McCarty, Joellen Merrill, James Kendall McCarty, Jr., and Stephanie Milner; eight great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
 
She was preceded in death by her husband, James McCarty; two grandsons, Benjamin James Schuster and Anthony Lee McCarty; son-in-law, Mike Schuster; and her parents.
 
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 pm on Monday, May 6, 2024, at Filbeck-Cann Funeral Home of Milner & Orr.  Burial will follow at Cothron Cemetery in Smithland, Kentucky.
 
Visitation will be held from 11:00 am until the service time of 12:00 pm on Monday, May 6, 2024, at the funeral home. 
 
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Mercy Hospice, 911 Joe Clifton Dr. Paducah, KY 42001.