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Katy Lea Harvill

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Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Aug. 13, at Meadors Funeral Home – Clever Chapel. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Aug. 14, also at the funeral home. Burial followed at Union Ridge Cemetery, south of Clever. Memorials may be made to the Union Ridge Cemetery. Online condolences and memories can be posted at the following website: www.meadorsfuneralhome.com.

Katy Lea Harvill, 81, Nixa, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. She was born Aug. 11, 1936, in Stone County, Missouri, the daughter of Emory Clemond and Mary Louretta (Keithley) Maples. She was united in marriage to James Edward Harvill on March 1, 1952. They have made their home in Nixa since 1957.

Katy enjoyed caring for her family, working in her garden and yard and watching deer that ventured onto their property. Most of all, her grand and great-grandchildren were the light of her life.

Katy was preceded in death by her son, Johnny Michael "Judge" Harvill; a daughter, Vera Diane Harvill; her parents; three brothers, Freddie, Chester and Keith Maples; and a sister, June Hamilton.

Her survivors include her husband, Jim; her daughter, Patricia Darlene Downing; eight grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; ten great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Wilford Maples, Aubrey Maples and Steven Maples; six sisters, Virginia Rogers, Sylvia Fleetwood, Janice Kee, Nelda Williams, Dixie Soutee and Tonya Keithley; and other relatives and many friends.


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