Dianna Lynn VanCleave, 59, of Campbellsville, KY, the daughter of Nannie (Porter) McKay and the late Leroy Bridgewater, was born August 22, 1966 in Campbellsville and departed this life on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 in Elizabethtown at the Baptist Health Hardin. 

She was a former employee of Kmart, Walmart, Dollar Tree and Frost Arnett and attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Campbellsville.

SURVIVORS:

Her mother: Nannie McKay

5 children: Takara, Chris and Natasha Bridgewater, Jamarcus VanCleave & wife DeNika, Daesean VanCleave & companion Taliyah Hazelwood

2 sisters & 1 brother: Janice Hernandez & husband Victor, Nancy Pettigrew & husband Arthur, and George Bridgewater & wife Barbette

11 grandchildren

A host of other relatives & friends

Besides her father, she was preceded in death by her step-father, Emmett McKay.

Funeral Service: Friday, October 24, 2025 at 1:00pmET at L.R. Petty Funeral Home with Deacon Jimmy Richerson and Doretha Sanders officiating

Burial: Our Lady of Perpetual Catholic Church Cemetery

Visitation: After 11:00amET on Friday

Memorials are suggested to the Breast Cancer Awareness Fund and can be made at the funeral home.