Charlotte Kegley Canafax (1919-2009)
Charlotte Kegley Canafax, 90, of Ashland, Ky., died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Woodland Oaks Health Care Facility in Ashland.
She was born Aug. 26, 1919, in Elliott County, Ky., to the late Gordon and Elizabeth Cox Kegley.
She was a member of the Ashland Senior Center, South Ashland United Methodist Church and the Lydia Circle and the American Red Cross. She was a graduate of the St. Joseph School of Nursing in Joliet, Ill., and the Erie School in Olive Hill, Ky. She was a registered nurse and worked in New York, Washington, D.C., Fairfax, Va., and in Ashland Ky., at Kings Daughters Medical Center and the former Elmwood Village Nursing Home.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Everett Daniel Canafax Sr.; two brothers, Frank and Bill Kegley; and three sisters, Lucille Davidson, Gladys Stegall and Pearl Edison.
Surviving are a son, Dan Canafax of Fleming County, Ky.; a daughter, Joy Crace of Ashland, Ky.; two sisters, Rosa Adkins of Ashland, Ky., and Opal Prince of Phoenix, Ariz.; grandchildren Chanin Boyle and her husband, Chris, Ryan Crace and his wife, Gina, Laura Canafax and Philip Canafax and his wife, Sarah; and great-grandchildren Dylan, Alex and Chandler Boyle.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Steen Funeral Home-Central Avenue Chapel in Ashland. The Rev. Lance Campbell will officiate. Burial will be in Dean Family Cemetery at Globe, Ky.
Friends may call after noon Thursday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be sent to www.steenfuneralhomes.com.
