Obituary of BRENDA GAIL KELLEY, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

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Date:  September 6, 2000

Headline:  Brenda G. Kelley

A 20-year-old Jena woman died at 3:30 p.m., Saturday afternoon, September 2, 
2000, at Rapides Regional Medical Center from injuries she sustained in a 
one-vehicle accident on Thursday night.

Brenda Gail Kelley, 20, of Jena, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet when it 
apparently left Williams Lake Road, east of Pineville, and crashed about 8:15 
p.m., Thursday, August 31.

Kelley sustained severe injuries in the accident and was airlifted from the 
scene and flown to Rapides Regional Medical Center where she died two days 
later.

Brenda had been employed at Ginny's Restaurant in Jena, but recently had 
taken a new job at Wal-Mart.  She was born July 21, 1980, at Henderson, 
Texas.

Services

Services for Brenda Gail Kelley were held at 10 a.m., Monday, September 4, at 
Maranatha Assembly of God Church where she was a member with the Revs. Eddie 
Thompson and Rodney Reeves officiating.

Interment followed in the Jena Cemetery near Jena under direction of Kinner 
and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include her parents, Charles and Marcelle Kelley of Trout and Patsy 
Ann Taylor of Tahlequah, Okla; two half sisters, Sherri Lyons of Tahlequah, 
Ok., and Norma Joe Kelley of Atlanta, Ga.; one brother, Wesley Kelley of 
Trout; one half-brother, Kevin Taylor of Tahlequah, Ok.; two stepbrothers, 
Jim Zeagler of Summerville and Jack Zeagler of Trout; one stepsister, Jenny 
Kight of Dry Prong; maternal grandparents, John and Ludemia Taylor of 
Tahlequah, Ok.; paternal grandparents, Eugene and Katherine Kelley and John 
and Dorothy Evans, all of Rogers; and two nephews, Kyle Kight and Taylor Lynn 
Kight.

Pallbearers were Jacob Hulsey, Jamie Zeagler, Felix Ortiz, Chad Smith, Josh 
Chapman, Joey Harville, Chad Otwell, and Adam Otwell.

Honorary pallbearers were Mark Shirley, Michael Zeagler, Shane Guinn, Brandon 
Jones, Josh McMillin, Clint Jones, Robbie Summer, Clay Edwards, Russell 
Dorton, Matt Justus, Dallas Edwards, Nathan Sharbono, Doug Windham, Jason 
Parker, Carl Doughty, Brian Fitzgerald, Kyle Lucas, Dexter Mitchell, Cole 
Bruce and Joel Hodges.