Vivian Lee McCarty, daughter of the late Joseph Y. Taylor and Nellie Hicks Taylor, was born on July 10,1920 in Bell City, Missouri and departed this life on December 22, 2018 at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 98 years.

Mrs. McCarty worked for Elder Manufacturing and was a clerk for Ben Franklin.  She was a member of First Baptist Church in Dexter, the Order of the Eastern Star and the American Legion Auxiliary.

On April 21, 1943, she was united in marriage to Henry McCarty in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.  Mr. McCarty preceded her in death on December 12, 2013.

Survivors include one son, Gordon McCarty and wife Cynthia of Maitland, Florida; one daughter, Linda Godfrey and husband Lawrence of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; by four grandchildren, Lori Godfrey, Wendy Wiseman and husband David, Dax McCarty and wife Jen, and Dustin McCarty; and by one great-granddaughter, Sarah Wiseman.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Glenn Taylor and Cornell Taylor; and by one sister, Virginia White.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 5, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. 

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.