Deanna Willett Pelkey

Deanna Willett Pelkey, age 51, of Lone Oak, Kentucky passed away at 4:48 a.m. on Friday, November 8, 2024 peacefully at her home.

Deanna was born on April 26, 1973 to Gabriel “Gabe” Willett and Bonnie Garrigus Willett. Deanna was a member of the Lone Oak Church of Christ and a 1991 graduate of Lone Oak High School where she was a member of the girls basketball and softball teams. Deanna had a contagious personality that drew people to her along with her sense of humor and love for everyone. She enjoyed painting in her free time and had a great love for her two cats, Malibu and Blaize. Deanna worked in accounting and payroll throughout various industries for many years.

Her survivors include her only daughter, Kelli Kaufman, of Chicago, Illinois; father and step-mother, Gabriel “Gabe” Willett and Sally Seay Willett, of Paducah; two nieces, Cailynn Fox and Amber Fox; two nephews, Todd Fox and Trevor Fox; along with several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Preceding in death were her mother, Bonnie Nell Garrigus Willett and only sister, Aimee Willett Fox.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 16, 2024 at the Lone Oak Church of Christ with Jamey Boone officiating. Visitation for friends will be held from 11:00 a.m. until service time of 2:00 p.m. at the church.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Norton Children’s Hospital, 231 E. Chestnut Street, Louisville, KY 40202 or New Pathways, P.O. Box 10, Melber, KY 42069.

Arrangements made by the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home.

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