Mrs. Kathy Maria Guffey age 54 of Dalton, Georgia departed this life Saturday May 25, 2019 at her residence with her loving family by her side.  She was born April 8, 1965 in Ringgold, GA, a daughter of the late Rufus Leonard and Mary Jo Jones Coffey. She was also preceded in death by her twin brother, Kevin Coffey, father-in-law, Reverend Lloyd Guffey. She was a 1983 graduate of Northwest High School. She was a member of the Eleventh Avenue Baptist Church.

She is survived by her loving husband, Reverend Ronald Guffey of the residence; daughter and son-in-law, Katey Guffey Pickens and Blane Pickens of Rocky Face, GA; mother-in-law, Frances Guffey of Tunnel Hill, GA; uncle and aunt, Dallas and Julia Buckner of Tunnel Hill, GA; several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Kathy Maria Guffey will be held Wednesday May 29, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Eleventh Avenue Baptist Church with Reverend Bruce Beach and Reverend Robert Beavers officiating. She will lie in state at the church from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The family will receive friends at the church on Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Interment will be in the United Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to Eleventh Avenue Baptist Church P.O. 921 Box Dalton, GA 30722.

Arrangements by locally owned and operated Ponders Melrose Chapel, Dalton, GA. (706)226-4002 "Funerals, Cremations, Cemeteries, Florists" YOUR SELECTED INDEPENDENT FUNERAL HOME"