His military information states his date of birth to be 04 Apr 1880. His headstone states his year of birth to be 1876. I believe the headstone is in error... In the 1880 Census, he is reported to be 3 months old.
His obituary follows:
W. M. Kelley Dies In Harvey, Illinois --
Funeral services for W. M. Kelley, 80, retired Franklin County farmer, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Sims-Watson and Huffman Funeral Home. The Rev. O. P. Etheridge officiated. Burial was in Mt. Garner Cemetery, Decherd.
Mr. Kelley died Friday morning in Harvey, Illinois, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ada Bradford.
Surviving are three other daughters, Mrs. Annie Steele, Winchester, Mrs. Verna Mae Bean, Chickamauga, Georgia, and Mrs. Viola Fraker, Belvidere; six sons, Murrell Kelley, Decherd, Lee Kelley, Hageswisch, Illinois, the Rev. L. Raymond Kelley, the Rev. J. D. Kelley, and Boss Kelley, all of Hixson, Tennessee, and Dotson Kelley, Winchester; a sister, Mrs. Ed Hill, Winchester; two brothers, Charlie Kelley and Tom Kelley, both of Winchester Springs; 53 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Source:
The Winchester Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Thursday, January 16, 1958
His military information states his date of birth to be 04 Apr 1880. His headstone states his year of birth to be 1876. I believe the headstone is in error... In the 1880 Census, he is reported to be 3 months old.
His obituary follows:
W. M. Kelley Dies In Harvey, Illinois --
Funeral services for W. M. Kelley, 80, retired Franklin County farmer, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Sims-Watson and Huffman Funeral Home. The Rev. O. P. Etheridge officiated. Burial was in Mt. Garner Cemetery, Decherd.
Mr. Kelley died Friday morning in Harvey, Illinois, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ada Bradford.
Surviving are three other daughters, Mrs. Annie Steele, Winchester, Mrs. Verna Mae Bean, Chickamauga, Georgia, and Mrs. Viola Fraker, Belvidere; six sons, Murrell Kelley, Decherd, Lee Kelley, Hageswisch, Illinois, the Rev. L. Raymond Kelley, the Rev. J. D. Kelley, and Boss Kelley, all of Hixson, Tennessee, and Dotson Kelley, Winchester; a sister, Mrs. Ed Hill, Winchester; two brothers, Charlie Kelley and Tom Kelley, both of Winchester Springs; 53 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Source:
The Winchester Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Thursday, January 16, 1958
Family Members
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Arthur Murrell Kelley
1898–1971
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William Lee Kelley
1901–1960
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George Milton Kelley
1903–1917
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Robert Forrest Kelley
1905–1946
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Boss Kelley
1907–1969
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Lena Viola Kelley Fraker
1909–1987
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Rufus Dotson Kelley
1912–1998
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Claud Anderton Kelly
1914–1955
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Ada I. Kelley Bradford
1916–2005
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Rev Raymond Esau Kelley
1918–1991
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Annie Lue Kelley Steele
1920–1996
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Rev J. D. Kelley
1922–1967
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Verna Mae Kelley Bean
1924–2015
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