Last words : Kelly Gissendaner , 46 , recorded a last message before her execution was canceled . The only woman on Georgia 's death row told her children that 'love beats out hate ' just 90 minutes before she was due to be executed on Monday night . Kelly Gissendaner , 46 , had been taken to the prison in Jackson where Georgia carries out executions by lethal injection , and expected to die that night - before officials discovered a problem with the drug that was meant to kill her . Executioners for the state found that their dose of pentobarbital , a clear solution solution they were going to use on Gissendaner , was cloudy , sparking fears that it would not work properly . The Georgia Department of Corrections first delayed the execution , scheduled for 7pm , then eventually canceled it at 11pm 'out of an abundance of caution ' . But when she recorded her statement , addressed to her children and legal team , she would have had no idea that she was not minutes from death . A recording of the statement , obtained from prison officials by NBC News , revealed that she told her children , whose father she helped murder , to 'keep strong ' in the wake of her death . Speaking in a thick Southern accent , she said : ' I just want to tell my kids I love them and I 'm proud of them . 'And no matter what happens tonight , love does beat out hate . You keep strong and keep your heads up . I love you . ' Scroll down to hear her last words . Victim : Douglas Gissendaner , pictured above , was killed by her lover , Greg Owen , who stabbed him repeatedly . His wife was convicted of his murder for her role in persuading Owen . He is pictured with two of her children , to whom Gissendaner addressed her last words . She also left a message for her legal team , who had made repeated appeals for clemency from state authorities and the Supreme Court - all of which were denied . She said : ' I want to tell my lawyers thank you for all they 've done . No matter what happens I know you 've done your best and I love you all . ' As well as making her last statement , Gissendaner had also been fed the enormous last meal she requested , which included two Burger King cheeseburger meals , cornbread , ice cream , lemonade , popcorn and a salad drenched in buttermilk dressing . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that she had eaten the meal by the time she recorded her statement , and was likely just a few feet away from the death chamber . Gissendaner had come within hours of death before . She was originally due to be executed in late February , but officials called it off because of forecast snow . Prisoners : Gissendaner 's lover Greg Owen , left , was the one who stabbed Douglas Gissandaner to death and is serving life in prison . Gissendaner herself did not kill her husband , but persuaded Owen to - for which she was sentenced to die . Doing time : Gissendaner , pictured in 2004 , has been on death row for 17 years . Her execution has been postponed twice . She had spent the previous 17 years in prison waiting to die , after being convicted of murdering her husband , Douglas Gissendaner , despite not having physically killed him . She Gissendaner , who was convicted of murder in the wake of the February 1997 , which she persuaded her lover , Greg Owen , into carrying out . In her trial , prosecutors told how she repeatedly pushed Owen to kill her husband . He then ambushed him , forced him to drive to a remote area and stabbed him multiple times . Owen and Gissendaner then met up and set fire to the dead man 's car . Owen , who eventually confessed and testified against his former girlfriend , is serving a life prison sentence and is eligible for parole in eight years . Gissendanger 's execution is one of two postponed by concerns over the drug - though officials have said it would have been strong enough to end her life . In a statement reported by the Gwinnett Daily Post , a spokesman said : 'The drugs fell within the acceptable testing limits . Feet from death : Gissendaner was in the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson when she recorded her message . 'Within the hours leading up to the scheduled execution , the execution team performed the necessary checks . 'At that time , the drugs appeared cloudy . The Department of Corrections immediately consulted with a pharmacist , and in an abundance of caution , inmate Gissendaner ’ s execution has been postponed . ' The corrections department has yet to say to which date the execution will be rescheduled . Many have called for Gissendaner to be spared the death penalty and given life in prison instead - including her children . But the parents and sisters of Doug Gissendaner have been unrelenting in their call for her to be executed . In a statement issued the morning after the execution was called off , they said death for her is 'justice ' . He said : 'Doug is the true victim of this pre-meditated and heinous crime . 'We , along with our friends and supporters and our faith , will continue fighting for Doug until he gets the justice he deserves no matter how long it takes . '
Kelly Gissendaner began recording 90 minutes before scheduled execution . Told her children to ' stay strong ' and thanked her legal team . Recording was made feet from execution site in Jackson , Mississippi . She had already eaten enormous cookies and ice cream last meal . Officials called off lethal injection at the last minute over ' cloudy ' drug . Gissendaner was convicted for committing attempted murder in 1989 .