She and her husband Mike are grandparents to five granddaughters and one grandson and parents of two grown sons, Matt and Aaron, and daughter Elizabeth, who died in a car crash October 11, 1996 at age 15. After Elizabeth’s death, Kay lobbied for support for the North Carolina graduated drivers license law that took effect in 1997. “Giving Dreams,” a piece about Elizabeth and driving laws, was published in Keeping America’s Promise to North Carolina’s Children. Read posts by Kay here.