James Sanford Kelley

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Final Rites Held for J S Kelley

Final Rites were held at the home Sunday afternoon for Mr. J S Kelley, who died Friday night after an illness of five weeks. The services were conducted by the Rev. R B Patterson assisted by the Rev. G F Wilson and the Rev. W L Storment.

Mr. Kelley was 62 years old, having been born October 28, 1876, in Fayette County, Alabama. For the past 15 years he had lived in and near Okolona. He was a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. John Billingsley of Corinth, Mrs. J W Scruggs, Miss Charleen Kelley, three sons, Bill Kelley of Amory, Sherrill and Shannon Kelley.

Burial was in the I O O F Cemetery. Active pallbearers were O T Robbins, Y T Rowan, E D Graham, Hob Anderson, Farris Griffin and Ira Morris.

The honorary pallbearers were Dr. B D Hansell, Dr. J C Luper, Dr. A F Wicks, A W James, W E Bearden, G H Shelton, W G Chenault, Ira Francis, C W Anderson, S V Sullivan, Bryan Hogan, W H West, W C Chandler, George Corley, Herd Hill, all of Okolona, and H B Billingsley, Sam Castleburry, Chester Blassengame, Gerbert Ijms and Bomar Melton, of Corinth.

Printed in the Okolona Messenger dated March 30 1939

Family/Spouse: Ozie V Gardner. Ozie (daughter of Reverend George W Gardner and Mary A Wilkes) was born on 17 Mar 1878 in Fayette, Alabama, USA; died on 3 Jul 1961 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; was buried on 4 Jul 1961 in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Carrie Mae Kelley was born on 25 Oct 1900; died on 12 Jun 1972; was buried in Houston Cemetery, Houston, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA.
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