Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Kelley, Robert Earl December 17 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Robert Earl Kelley
Oct. 31, 1929 Dec. 17, 2004

Chapel services for Robert Earl Bob Kelley will be held on Thursday, December 
30, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Mortuary. Visitation will be Thursday 9 
a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hillcrest. 

Bob was born on October 31, 1929 in Loma Linda, CA to Edell Heytz Kelley and 
Tommy Earl Kelley and went peacefully to be at rest in His Lord on December 
17, 2004. Bob started driving trucks when he was 13 and began his 60 year 
career in the transportation industry. In 1976 he and his wife Mary came to 
Bakersfield and he was the co-owner and general manager for Flair 
Transportation Co. Inc.

Bob was a loving and beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-
grandfather. He was a member of the Oildale SDA Church. He loved flying 
planes, riding motorcycles and quads, sailing and hitch hiking. He and Mary 
love to travel and on one of their trips, hitch hiked over 1100 miles, they 
have toured more than half of the U.S. as well as many foreign countries. 

Bob is preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Martha Ann Barnett 
Kelley. He is survived by his loving wife of 37 years, Mary Ruth Morris 
Kelley; sons, Kenneth Earl Kelley, David A. Kelley, Richard D. Rogers, Randy 
L. Rogers and wife Diane, and Andy D. Rogers and wife Sheila; daughters, Mary 
Ann Marconette and husband Larry, Beverly Mae Darrow and husband Nick, Rebecca 
L. Tanner and husband Jimmy, Lorinda Gannon, and fiancé Brian Hoffmann; 24 
grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and many, many friends who loved him 
dearly. 


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