Verba-Kays-Obituary

Verba Lee Kays

Portland, Oregon

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KAYS, VERBA LEE February 5, 1920 - October 30, 2006. Verba Lee White was born at home on the family farm outside of Gravette, Ark., the fifth of seven children born to Octavia Lee Holland and John Franklin White. She grew up during the Great Depression in humble means, attending the one-room...

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What a lovely story of Lee's life, you did a great job writing it.

I felt honored to see Lee several times before she died; she was kind and gracious to me even at the very end. I based a lot of my parenting on the things I saw her and Bob do, and I was so happy to be able to tell her that! Her acceptance of me as a continual(!)
guest in her home during my high school years was incredibly important to me as a teen. As I tried to hold to that high standard myself as a loving adult...