Mabel VanLandingham Kral
November 13, 1925 – May 3, 2016
Memorial services for Mabel VanLandingham Kral, 90, of Cairo, GA, are at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2016, at the First United Methodist Church, Cairo, GA. Rev. Whit Byram will officiate. Services will conclude at the church. Private interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Mrs. Kral passed away at her home in Cairo, GA, on May 3, 2016.
Pallbearers will be William A. Knott, Milo V. Kral, George L. Kral, Lehman Hailey, Richard D. VanLandingham and William Maxwell Vanlandingham.
Mabel was born on November 13, 1925, in Cairo, GA, to the late Robert Roscoe VanLandingham and Mabel Maxwell VanLandingham. In 1957, she married her devoted husband Robert Kral, who survives. She was an educator and taught in Metro Nashville schools for many years before retiring to Cairo, her beloved home town. Far from retiring, Mabel dedicated herself to her church and community in many ways. Mabel gave much time to the Cairo United Methodist Church, especially the preschool program. Always a great hostess, she welcomed new church members with dinners at her home. She was generous with her time and resources, contributing to the Cairo High School Band Program, The Grady County Hospital Support League, and many cultural initiatives and community programs. Throughout her life, Mabel worked tirelessly for others, helped hundreds of children, and touched the hearts of many people. Words cannot express how much her family and friends will miss her.
Survivors include: husband, Robert “Bob” Kral of Cairo, GA; children, William Allen Knott, III of Davie, FL, Milo VanLandingham Kral (Kathleen Scott) of Christchurch, NZ, George Leon Kral (Sara) of Tigard, OR, Mary Kathleen Hailey (Lehman) of Brentwood, TN; grandchildren, James Allen Knott (Deborah) of Richmond, VA, Wendy Kathleen Kral of Portland, OR, Lilian Ione Kral of Eugene, OR, Bradley Robert Burke of Tigard, OR, George Maxwell Kral of Tigard, OR, Faith Ailis Burke of Tigard, OR, Matthew Robert Hailey of Brentwood, TN, George Scott Kral of Christchurch, NZ, Victor Milo Kral of Christchurch, NZ, Nicholas Morgan Hailey of Brentwood, TN; great-grandchildren, Victoria James Knott of Richmond, VA, Avery Christine Knott of Richmond, VA; and a sister, Elizabeth VanLandingham Wight (John) of Cairo, GA.
She was preceded in death by: her parents; brothers, Robert Leon VanLandingham, William Maxwell VanLandingham; and a sister, Mary VanLandingham Hackney.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mrs. Kral’s memory to: First United Methodist Church, Pre-School Fund, 318 South Broad Street, Cairo, GA; or Roddenbery Memorial Library, “Friends of the Library”, 320 North Broad Street, Cairo, GA 39828.
The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church.
