Kledith Ann Bagby Houk, 87, of Green County, KY, daughter of the late Elmo Bagby and Inez Judd Bagby, was born on February 21, 1935 in Green County and departed this life on Monday, July 11, 2022 at the Jane Todd Crawford Hospital. 

Kledith had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Greasy Creek Baptist Church. She was the co-owner of several businesses in her lifetime such as, the Exie Trading Post, Exie Grocery & Gas, Houk’s Antiques, Country Fashions, and for the past 30 years, Glover’s Station Antique Mall. Kledith loved her family, home, cooking, quilts, antiques, reading, music, crossword, sudoku, and jigsaw puzzles. She was also practically impossible to beat at scrabble.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Edward Ray Houk on May 5, 2015 having united in marriage on November 11, 1952 and by one brother & two sisters: Bernard Ray Bagby, Louella Turner, and Phyllis Akin.
 

SURVIVORS:

1 daughter and son-in-law: Judith Ann and Adrian Curry of Green County

1 son and daughter-in-law: Jonathan Ray and Cindy Houk of Green County

3 granddaughters and a grandson: Alisha Risen and husband Mark, Jessica Beard and husband Doug, Andrea Underwood and husband Derek, and John Taylor Houk and wife Jennifer

9 great-grandchildren: Zeb and Layla Risen, Lexi Beard and fiancé, Thomas Stone, Lily Beard, Savannah Cowherd and husband, Jordon, McKayla Underwood, Skyler, Taylor and Xander Houk

2 sisters and a brother-in-law: Reva Gale and Bobby Rogers, and Barbara Beauchamp all of Green County

A host of other relatives and many friends