She is survived by her children: Arthur (Edna) Roberson; Jethro (Debra) Gay Jr.; Tommie Stinson Jr.; Aaron (Icola) Poe Jr.; Mary Poe; Onnie Blackshire; Ernest (Vanessa) Poe, Willie (Tequila) Gay Sr.; and Jeffie Gay-Nash; her sister, Mary Louise Yeates; a special niece, Nettie Brooks; twenty-four grandchildren; thirty great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, relatives and friends.