Donna Kay Whitley, daughter of the late Robert Miller and Patricia Sullivan Hart, was born on October 7, 1964 in Hayti, Missouri, and departed this life on June 19, 2020 at Southeast Health of Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 56 years.

Mrs. Whitley was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal Faith.  She was a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri.

She was united in marriage to Michael D. Whitley Sr on September 5, 1984 in Portageville, Missouri.  Mr. Whitley preceded her in death on September 8, 2014.

She is survived by five sons, Michael Whitley Jr of Lilbourn, Missouri, Matthew Miller of Bloomfield, Missouri, Brian Whitley of Rutherford, Tennessee, Jessie Whitley of Milan, Tennessee, and Michael Joseph Whitley of Trenton, Tennessee; by two daughters, Katie Whitley of Dexter, Missouri and Jennifer Cross of Bradford, Tennessee; by one brother, Sanford Miller of Marston, Missouri; by four sisters, Lynn Cunningham of Cunn, Illinois, Deborah Pettigrew of Wardell, Missouri, Sandra Williamson of Essex, Missouri, and Theresa Miller of Portageville, Missouri; and by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Heather Whitley; by one granddaughter, Sierra Cross; by her niece Hailey Miller; by her nephew, Donnie Pettigrew; and by three brothers, Bobby Lee Miller, Michael Miller, and Robert Dale Miller.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. 

Funeral services will then be conducted on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Doddie Townsend officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.