Miss Kay Robertson Struggling After Husband’s Death
Following the death of Phil Robertson, 79, who died on May 25, his wife, Miss Kay Robertson is reportedly “not in the best of health.”
On Thursday, June 5, the Duck Dynasty matriarch’s son Willie Robertson spoke with USA Today, saying he and his family are “trying to help her out” as much as they can.
“Some of it is she is just depressed,” Willie said. “She lost her partner of 60 years.”
Phil and Kay married in 1966, and their story was told in the film The Blind (2023), directed by Christian filmmaker Andrew Hyatt.
Watch the trailer for the film of the start of Kay and Phil’s life together, here:
She Still Has Her Faith
Just as they have lived their lives, going through the passing of Phil has seen the Robertson family continue to lean on the Lord.
When Phil died, the family posted the announcement of his death on social media, ending the post with a Bible citation: 1 Corinthians 2.
This particular chapter of Paul’s first epistle to the Church in Corinth includes a reference to Isaiah 64:4, with Paul writing of Heaven, “But as it is written: ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.'”
Still, that doesn’t make the loss easy.
Amid her grief, Kay managed to attend church yesterday, on Sunday, June 8.
This was shared to Instagram by her daughter-in-law, Lisa Robertson, who included a recent photo of Kay.
See the post, and Miss Kay’s warm smile, here:
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Health Concerns Mounting
Recently, Kay has been staying with Jay and Anna Stone, Anna being the daughter of Al and Lisa Robertson.
“She’s surrounded by her family,” Jay Stone said in the May 27 episode of the Duck Call Room podcast. “There’s people in and out constantly. So she’s doing well and she’s eating well.”
Her stay has been prompted, in part, by a serious leg injury she sustained earlier in the year.
In an April episode of the podcast Unashamed with the Robertson Family, Jase Robertson said, “She got an infection from a fall from a cut that had happened earlier. We were dealing with the fact that maybe this is it.”
Willie has also said that his mother is showing “symptoms of Alzheimer’s or dementia,” akin to Phil’s diagnosis, adding, “It’s just part of life — and mom has her good days.”
Through all of this, the Robertson family is back on the air, with new episodes of Duck Dynasty: The Revival airing on A&E Network each Sunday.