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Kay Dietz Obituary

DIETZ, Kay Mebane

Kay Mebane Dietz, age 80, born May 14, 1945 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, died on November 4, 2025 in Austell, Georgia. Kay graduated from Pine Bluff High School and from Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas with a major in elementary education.

She attended Louisiana State University in New Orleans, majoring in mathematics where she was a teaching assistant.

After college, she taught school in Arkansas including teaching advanced geometry at LR Central High and Hall High schools. After moving to Atlanta, with her husband, she enjoyed training IT programs as an independent contractor.

Kay has been active in Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and in Peachtree Road United Methodist, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Preceding her in death are her parents, Allen and Grace Mebane, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She is survived by her husband of fifty-eight years, Richard "Dick" Dietz; their daughter, Melissa Dietz White (Dan) from Haslet, Texas; and their son, Gregory Dietz (Rebecca) from New Orleans, Louisiana. Also surviving are her five grandchildren, Jacob White (Lindsey), Sarah Grace White, Emma Kate White, Mary Dietz, Allen Dietz; her great-granddaughter, Louella White, and her brother, Thomas Mebane of Conway, Arkansas.

A memorial service will be held at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, November 15, 2025, and internment will be at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at a date to be determined.

Funeral arrangements are being made by Davis-Stumpf Funeral Home, Austell, GA. The family asks that no flowers be received. Donations can be made to the Georgia Chapter of Parkinson's Disease and to the Caring Hands Program at Presbyterian Village Retirement Center, in Austell, GA, home to Dick and Kay.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Nov. 9, 2025.

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