ROY KELLY
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 10:30PM ROY KELLY
ANDERSON – James Roy Kelly, of Knoxville, TN., formerly of Anderson, died Thursday, February 11, 2010 at UT Medical Center in Knoxville, TN.
He was born December 30, 1925 to George Pickens and Nora Sheriff Kelley of Central, SC. After graduating Central High School, he joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific front in WW II and the Korean War. In 1954, he married Hazel Marie Brown Kelly, who preceded him in death in 2007. He retired from the Ingersoll Rand Corporation in 1988. Mr. Kelly was a member of Glenwood Baptist Church and was a former member of Boulevard Baptist Church in Anderson.
Survivors include his daughter, Janet Marie Kelly of Knoxville; and a sister, Edith Kelley Durham of Pendleton.
A service of remembrance and celebration will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Sullivan-King Mortuary, Downtown Chapel, conducted by Dr. Johnny F. McKinney. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends from 3 until 4 p.m. Saturday at the mortuary, 401 North Main Street, Anderson.
SULLIVAN-KING MORTUARY, DOWNTOWN CHAPEL
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