Kathryn 'Kathy' Maness - Bath Springs

April 5, 1953 - March 6, 2021

KATHY MANESS Bath Springs, TN: Kathryn Mary Maness age 67 passed away March 6, 2021 at Baptist East Hospital. She was born April 5, 1953 in Portage, WI, the daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Eleanor Jean Youngs Blackley. She attended Madison East High School in Madison, WI. She moved to Jackson in 1991 and began working at Forest Cove Manor Nursing Home as a C.N.A. and later became the Dietary Manager and then in payroll. She worked for seventeen years before retiring for health reasons. She married Steve Maness October 30, 1998 and they made their home in Jackson, Henderson and then moved to Bath Springs in 2005. She loved boating and being on the River. She also did crochet and made many blankets for Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. The oldest among her siblings and then a mother and grandmother, she was always a caregiver and loved her family. Mrs. Maness is survived by her husband, Steve Maness of Bath Springs; a son, Jason Beranek (Rachel) of Richland Center, WI; two daughters, Amy Beranek –DeAkino (Andre) of Greensboro, NC and Kari Kahl(Kyle) of Belleville, WI; three stepchildren, Stephen Maness, Derek Maness and Christi Maness all of Lexington; seventeen grandchildren; two great grandchildren; four brothers, Thomas Blackley, Danny Blackley of CA, John Blackley and David Blackley of WI; a sister, Karen Blackley-Zeir-Pohlman of Madison, WI and a sister-in-law, Sonna Duke of Nashville, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Peggy Kleifgan. There will be no funeral services Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson 731-989-2421