Maryann Humphrey loved playing handheld remote games like Yahtzee and poker.

And she loved her family, especially her daughter, Karen Kaiser, and 16-year-old granddaughter, Kailyn.

She even liked working at night and had just been named the night shift clerk at the Circle K last week, after another clerk left.

Humphrey was gunned down Monday night by an armed robber at the store on West Stewart Mill Road and Highway 5.

She would have been 63 Dec. 1.

Two of Humphrey’s brothers and a former sister-in-law want everyone to know her as a viable, lively woman and not just another statistic, they said. They willingly shared the story of her life.

Humphrey grew up in Prince Georges County, Md., the fourth of nine children — seven boys and two girls.

Her brothers, Harry and Michael Humphrey, talked about her Wednesday, while her former sister-in-law, Barbara Humphrey phoned in from San Leandro, Calif.

She married and divorced twice and traveled extensively when she was married to a military man.

She lived in North Carolina, Germany, Texas, San Diego and Kansas, one of her brothers said Wednesday.

Humphrey had been a clerk or cashier most of her life, Harry said. His former wife, Barbara, agreed.

“She was very good at her work, a job that most people wouldn’t have valued,” Barbara said.

Humphrey moved to Douglasville from Kansas to be closer to her daughter and granddaughter. She had lived with brother Harry for about a year.

Harry said Humphrey wasn’t “outdoor active” but liked to watch movies and play those handheld games. Michael remembered that she also liked being on the computer.

They said she was thinking about retiring from work in several years.

Barbara Humphrey’s pain was almost tangible Wednesday. While she wants to celebrate Maryann’s life, she said Humphrey was “like a sitting duck” in her job and should have been better protected.

“We loved her so much,” Barbara Humphrey said. “She is from a large family that cared so much about her,”

The brothers agreed. Harry said it’s something you never get used to.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Officer Major Case Unit is still investigating Humphrey’s murder, and no arrest has been made.

Services for Humphrey will be Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Tom Wages Funeral Home in Lawrenceville.

Law enforcement authorities believe the suspect is either white or Hispanic and describe him as a man of small frame, possibly in his teens or early 20s.

A $20,000 award has been offered for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information may call 770-949-5656 or access the Tip Line at www.sheriff.douglas.ga.us.