Kathy Elaine (Berry) Hays, 71, Montevallo, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2025. Visitation will be Friday, April 18th, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Cherokee, Alabama. A graveside service will follow at Harris Chapel Cemetery in Cherokee with Bryan Moody officiating beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Kathy was a native of Haleyville, Alabama. She lived for many years in Florence, Alabama, and Pulaski, Tennessee, where she worked as a high school art teacher at Giles County High School for twenty-one years. Kathy recently lived in Montevallo, where she was a member of Helena Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her mother, Marcelene Sumerel, and her father, James “Jimmy” Lindon Berry.
Kathy is survived by her husband, David Ray Hays; children, David Blake Hays (Megan), and Rachel Malia Hays; brother, Steve Berry (Jennie); sister-in-law, Debbie Windsor (Tom); brother-in-law, Mitchell Hays (Bethany); grandchildren, Mary Vivian Hays and Chloe Cathleen Hays; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Kathy was a wonderful wife, and mother to her two children. In 2019 she and David relocated to Montevallo, Alabama to be closer to her children and grandchildren, and she loved her two grandchildren dearly. Kathy loved the Lord with all her heart and was a blessing to all that knew her.
Pallbearers will be Mitchell Hays, Tom Windsor, Tommy Windsor, Bruce Berry, Taylor Berry, and Casey Hagle.
