Obit: Elizabeth Rebecca Ann (Durden) Kelly; Bossier Parish, La.

Submitted by: Kay McMahan-Noska**
Source: Bossier Banner News - Nov. 1886 



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~DIED~ 

On November the 10th. at 10:30 p.m.,at this place (Bellevue), Mrs. 
Elizabeth Kelly, aged about 29 years, the wife of Louis B. Kelly. 
Deceased was a most estimable woman. She was a native of Bossier Parish, 
and throughout her short life, gentleness, purity and affection were her 
characteristics. The writer knew her from her childhood, and this 
tribute is not a sterotyped one. 
Those who are pure in heart are blessed, holy writ says, and the 
consequences is that our deceased friend "has seen God." 
What a glorious consolation to loved ones left behind ! What an 
incentive for renewed endeavors to "meet her there." 
The bereaved husband and relatives here have the sincere sympathy of 
this community, and we know it is appriciated by the elders; as for the 
three little ones-the youngest but one month of age-we can say nothing 
except that "God tempers the wind to the shorn lambs." 
As we drop a tear, and think of the sad condition of the bereaved 
husband and motherless children, we can not tell which is the better 
off-the living or the dead ! 
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(**My Note ~ Elizabeth Rebecca Ann "Lizzie" Durden Kelly was born 1857 in Bellevue, LA. Bossier Parish on Bodcau Bayou daughter of Newsome Andrew Durden & Elizabeth Rebecca "Becky" Young Durden. She married Louis B. Kelly Jan. 5, 1881. Louis B. Kelly being son of William A. Kelly & Martha Ann DeLoach Kelly of Bellevue, La. The 3 children born to Lizzie Durden & Louis Kelly were: Blanche, Lizzie & Andrew Kelly, all born between 1881~Oct. 1886. )