Obituaries: George Howard Buford Kelley, 1941, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 16, 1941 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Are Conducted For G. H. Kelley, 51

Employee of the T. & G. Railway For 26 Years, Succumbs

George Howard Buford Kelley, 51 years of age, died at his home here Monday,
January 13, 7:30 p.m., following a long illness.  Funeral services were
conducted at the Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. H. B.
Hysell, Methodist minister and Rev. H. H. McBride, Baptist minister. Interment
was in the Winnfield Cemetery.  The Masonic Order had charge of the services
at the grave.

Acting pallbearers were L. C. Carter, Charles Bright, Lee Thomas, R. O. Mills,
Jesse Womack, and J. P. Warren.

Born in Lafayette Co., Miss., in April, 1890, Mr. Kelley came to Louisiana in
early manhood and married Miss Lola Bertie Noah.  For the past 26 years he has
been employed as painter for the Tremont & Gulf Railway Company.  He was a
member of the Masonic organization and the Macabees.  He became ill about a
year ago and spent some time in a Shreveport sanitarium until several weeks
ago when he returned to his home.

Surviving Mr. Kelley are his widow, one daughter, Mrs. J. R. (Beatrice)
Harrison, and six sons, Theodore, Buford, Howard, Herbert, Bobby, and Robert. 
He also leaves one brother, Elmer Kelley, and one sister, Miss Lonnie Kelley,
of Winnfield; and one half sister, Mrs. Ada Fuller of Eros.