Kathleen Stanford Spivey

SAVANNAH – Kathleen Stanford Spivey, 88, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017.

A native of Claxton, GA, she was the daughter of the late George Gray Stanford, Sr. and Kathleen McKenzie Stanford. Kathleen was an honor graduate of Claxton high school, class of 1945, where she was a school bus driver in 1944-1945.

Following high school she moved to Savannah and worked for Interstate Life Insurance Co. where she met the love of her life, Leo Spivey. They were married May 15, 1946 after a courtship of five months.

Kathleen was a member of Southside Baptist Church where she attended the Bevill Sunday School Class. As a former member of Calvary Baptist Temple she served in the Two Year Toddler Sunday School Class, Newborn Nursery, Women’s Missionary Union, Craft Class, Pastor’s Sunday School Class, Senior Adult Bible Study, and the Diamond Set. She was a sixty-year member of Zeta Master Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and had volunteered at both Candler and St. Joseph’s Hospital. After moving to Richmond Hill Kathleen attended the Coastal Community Christian Church.

Kathleen was predeceased by her parents, her three brothers, G. G., Ray, and Ed Stanford, and her beloved husband of 61 years, Leo Spivey.

Surviving are her children, Jane Spivey Anderson of Savannah, Kathleen "Kathy" Spivey Maxwell and her husband Don of Elberton, and Jerry Leo Spivey and his wife Connie of Elberton; six grandchildren, Julie M. Anderson, Jeffrey Spivey Anderson, J. Patrick Spivey, Ashley Spivey Moody (Adam), Kelly Maxwell Anthony (Mike), and Gray Maxwell; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.
Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.

The family would like to thank the staff of The Suites at Station Exchange for the loving care they provided to Kathleen. The staff will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Remembrances may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, Coastal Community Christian Church, 10770 Ford Ave., Richmond Hill, GA 31324, or Hospice Savannah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA 31416.

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Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel, is in charge of arrangements for Kathleen Stanford Spivey.

Announcement courtesy of Berry Funeral Home & Crematory.