BEAVER DAM, Ky. — Zora Simpson Phipps Geary Witherspoon, 96, of Beaver Dam, died Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at Beaver Dam Nursing & Rehab.
She was a homemaker and member of Church of Christ in Beaver Dam.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Wade Geary and Martin Louis Witherspoon; sons, Paul Edward Geary and Donald Ray Phipps Sr.; daughter, Rita Raymer; and great-granddaughter, Avery Smith.
Survivors include five sons, Barry Wade (Barbie) Geary, of Olaton, Kentucky, David McKinley Geary, of McHenry, Kentucky, Bryan Keith (Joy) Geary, of Fordsville, Kentucky, Rickey Wayne (Mark) Geary, of Smithfield, Kentucky, and Mickey Lynn Geary, of Hartford, Kentucky; two daughters, Shelia Kay (Ron) Gravil, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, and Janet Miller, of Beaver Dam; daughter-in-law, Carolyn Phipps, of Beaver Dam; son-in-law, Steve (Cathy) Raymer, of Cromwell, Kentucky; two brothers, Eddy Simpson, of Hartford, and Billy Simpson, of Centertown, Kentucky; two sisters, Peggy Brown, of Louisville, Kentucky, and Barbara Rock, of Beaver Dam; 17 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Geary Funeral Home, Fordsville, with burial in Sunnyside Cemetery in Beaver Dam. Visitation is 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.