Pantha Mae Haynes Lively

Pantha Mae Haynes Lively, 86, arrived in Heaven, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

She was born in Mill Spring and was the youngest of 11 children born to “Willie” and Pearlie Haynes.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Wesley A. Lively Sr., and a son, Wesley A. Lively Jr.

Pantha was a homemaker and worked alongside her husband and children in the family business, Zekes Garbage Service, which is still in operation.  She loved to cook and was an avid gardener, both vegetables and flowers, which was her greatest passion besides being a friend and mom to everyone.

She is survived by her daughter, Sarah Winters and her son Dwight A. Lively; one sister; seven grandchildren; Dotty Parker and her husband Jeremy, John Wesley Lively and his wife Jessica, Jennifer Revis and her husband Brian, Jessi Lively, Katelyn Brown, Brian Winters, and Amy Pogorzelski; eleven great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2022, in the chapel of Forest Lawn Funeral Home with pastors Michael Lane and Suzanne Russell officiating.  The family will receive friends on hour prior to the service.  Interment will take place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.