Francis Kelley, 94, of Olton, died Thursday, October 11, 2012, in Olton. Services will be at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, October 13, 2012, at the First Baptist Church in Earth with Mr. Oscar Chavez officiating. Interment will follow at Earth Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Ramage Funeral Directors.
Mr. Kelley was born August 27, 1918 in Eldorado, Oklahoma to John and Clara Lee Collins Kelley. On September 15, 1941, in Eldorado, OK, he married Vada Louise Tosh. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945. Francis was a longtime area resident and member of the First Baptist Church in Earth. He loved spending time with his children and grandchildren and will be greatly missed.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise, in 1994, seven brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include four sons, Gary F. Kelley and his wife, Judy of Carrollton, Danny Kelley and his wife, Ricki of Muleshoe, David Kelley and his wife, Dorothy of Texarkana, and Chris Kelley and his wife, Jeanna of Olton, and a daughter, Beverly Ivins and her husband, Jimmy of Olton. He was blessed with twenty-five grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and one on the way.
Memorials may be made to Area Community Hospice 3109 Olton Rd. Suite C Plainview, TX 79072.