Obituaries:  Rolla Kelly, Sr., Sabine Parish       K-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 24, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Rolla Kelly, Sr.

  Funeral services for Mr. Rolla Kelly, Sr. of Many, were held
Monday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m., at Oak Hill Baptist Church. Burial
was at Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev. Elcie Walker, Bro. James Tidwell,
and Rev. Tom McDonald officiated. Services were under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Serving as pallbearers were John Gentry, Michael Wedgeworth,
Dean Crittenden, Dallas Kelly, Hoyt Shoemaker, and Leamon
McNeely. Honorary pallbearers were deacons of the Oak Hill
Baptist Church.

  Mr. Kelly died Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2:05 a.m., in Many, after an
extended illness. He was 82.

  Survivors include his wife, Nellie DeBose Kelly, Many; a son,
Rolla Harold Kelly, Jr., Many; two daughters, Jewel Wedgeworth,
Peggy Crittenden, both of Many; a brother, Fisher Kelly, Many; a
sister Hessie Kelly, Many; six grandchildren; and seven great
grandchildren.