Kitty Lee King died today

My neighbor Kitty Lee King died this afternoon, her heart finally gave out at age 94. Many Villagers know Kitty from the many police reports featuring the choir she heard singing on her roof. Before dementia took Kitty's mind she was an avid gardener and quilter. Her neighbors finally talked her out of climbing up on her roof at age 90 to blow the leaves out of the gutters. She was a faithful member of Village United Methodist Church. Kitty was partial to men and often thanked me for letting her borrow my husband to take care of the heavy lifting around her house. She called Lee her boyfriend. When Kitty was moved out of her house to Fountain Lake we were able to see her often. Unfortunately, she got restless and attempted to escape from the facility and was moved to a lock down unit. Her only living relative, a nephew, her brother's son, moved her to a facility outside of Benton. She was too far away from friends and not near any family either. My husband and Ginny Misch made a point of going to see Kitty at least once a week. Recently, Kitty broke her hip and had hip replacement surgery. She was doing well with therapy but then fluids gathered around her heart and in her lungs. She was back to the hospital again. Every time Lee went to see her she would remember he was one of her neighbors. She didn't always have the time frame right but she knew he was someone in her life that cared about her. When he got back from seeing her this morning he was disturbed because she was so out of it this time. She didn't even know he was there. He sat there and held her hand for 40 minutes and then came back home. He hadn't been home for more than two hours when he got a call from the nephew's daughter telling us Kitty had died. We know she is with her Lord, a good thing. We are just sorry she wasn't closer these past few months because someone would have been there to hold her hand more often and tell her not to be afraid. Kitty hailed from Paducah, Kentucky. She was a Turner before she married Galen King. They moved to the Village because Galen loved golf. He doted on Kitty and she was never the same after he died a decade ago. She was what is referred to as a real Southern Lady. No funeral arrangements have been made at this time. There will be a service at Village United Methodist Church.