Nealy B. Zachery

Nealy was born in 1927 to Henry Edington and Rosetta Clay in Pine Bluff, Ark. She was raised and worked on the family farm until the age of 15 when she came to Bakersfield to live with her aunt. Nealy moved to Oakland in her early twenties and while working at the naval base she met and married Willie H. Zachery, a Naval Seaman, in June of 1959. She traveled in the United States and it’s territories with her husband who was in charge of supplies for naval bases. In 1964 they settled in Oxnard where they stayed and raised their two daughters. Nealy worked at a variety of jobs until she received her degree in college, then she started her career at the Department of Social Services in Ventura County. In 1979 Nealy moved to Ventura with her daughters and purchased a small residential care facility. Nealy and her daughters operated two facilities for the next 30 years until she retired in 1999. Nealy enjoyed attending her roses and beautiful flowers, being involved with the residents in her home and business, and she felt blessed and joy spending time with her only grandchild. Nealy passed away on the morning of Aug. 17, 2011, at the age of 84, at her home, of a long illness. Nealy had 12 brothers and three sisters, and she leaves behind one daughter, Zina Zachery-Kemp and her husband Stanley Kemp, and her only grandchild, Danielle Kemp. Nealy leaves behind five brothers and their wives, Dr. Henry Lloyd Edington, Jr., Ira and Charlene Edington, Charles and Adrianne Edington, Larry and Donna Edington, Terry Edington and fiancée Donna; one sister, Jaunita Bridgewater; and a host of nieces and nephews. Nealy was preceded in death by parents, Henry Edington and Rosetta Clay; ex-husband, Willie H. Zachery; daughter, Donna Zachery; brothers, Curtis, Dorsey, Clifford, Bernard, Kenny Edington, William Gardner and John Humphrey; sisters, Naomi Edington and Elnora Jackson.