Nancy Ruth Clay Kazee, 92, of Henderson, Kentucky, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

She was a member of the former Immanuel Baptist Temple.  Nancy gave her heart to the Lord in April 1945 at the age of 15 and was very active in various churches throughout her life.  She was a loving wife and mother who made a home for her family as she and her husband traveled the world with his serving in the military and as a Baptist minister.  Nancy was a bookkeeper for various businesses throughout her life and enjoyed sewing, knitting, and crocheting.  She received several blue and red ribbons running track in high school and enjoyed bowling and playing golf as an adult.  Nancy was an avid UK basketball fan.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, the Reverend Allan Jones Kazee; her parents, James Dennis Clay, Sr., and Esther Cummings Clay; two grandsons, Mark Allan Kazee and Patrick Allan Kazee; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Martha and Edmund Mulligan and Avalon and Joseph Toy; one niece, Linda Mulligan; and her son-in-law, Thomas French.

Survivors include one daughter, Robin Allan Kazee French of Henderson, Kentucky; two sons, Steven Wayne Kazee and his wife, Jan, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Duane H. Kazee of Fairview, Tennessee; one sister, Elsie Catherine Townsend and her husband, Leon, of Frankfort, Kentucky; one brother, James Dennis "Sonny" Clay, Jr., and his wife, Patti, of Tulsa, Oklahoma; one brother-in-law, Phillip R. Kazee and his wife, Delores, of Oneida, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Troy Kazee, Scott French and his wife, Tess, Karen Kazee, and Meghan Kazee; two great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Nora French; and nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home.  The Reverend Tim Shockley will officiate.  Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice.

Nancy's family would like to express their gratitude to the staff of Colonial Senior Living, Redbanks, and St. Anthony's Hospice for the love and care she received.

Online condolences may be made at www.rudyrowland.com .