Funeral services for Karen Sue Gordey will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in the chapel of John Kramer & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Rob McClain officiating. Interment will follow in Alexandria Memorial Gardens. 

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. 

Karen Sue Bennett Gordey, 76, of Elmer, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at her residence. 

Sue is preceded in death by her husband, Curtis “Sonny” Gordey; daughter, Melissa Ann Gordey; and her parents, Milford and Grace Suttles Bennett. 

Sue was born in Baptist Hospital in Alexandria on July 23, 1949. She graduated from Pineville Highschool in 1967 and Northwestern State University in 1973. Sue worked 30 plus years at Cabrini Hospital retiring from the Dietitian Department. 

Those left to cherish her memory include her brother, Ralph Bennett of Pineville; her sister, Beverly B. Gunter of Elmer; two nieces, Shauna Bennett Barron of Magnolia, TX, and Tara Bennett Clossiner of Pineville; one nephew, Brett M. Bennett of Pineville, and her special companion Mennie. 

Pallbearers honored to serve will be Brett Bennett, Otto NesSmith, Jake Gunter, Ralph Bennett, Winston Hodge, and James Reed. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Louisiana Children’s Home and Ministries at 7200 Desiard Street, Monroe, LA 71203.

To extend online notes of condolence to the family, please visit www.KramerFunerals.com.