Harris Co., TX - Obits: James Edward Kelly ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: David R. Brumbelow USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** James Edward Kelly (AD 1903-1976) Name: James Edward Kelly Residence: 1514 Twin Brooke Date of Birth: July 18, 1903 Place of Birth: Port Lavaca, Texas Passed away: July 10, 1976 Age: 72 years, 11 months, 25 days Date of Service: July 13, 1976 Hour: 1:00 P.M. Place of Service: Brookside Chapel Place of Interment: Brookside Memorial Park Clergyman: Rev. Joe Brumbelow, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dawson, TX. Survived by: Wife: Velma Kelly of Houston Five Daughters: Mrs. JoAnn Cox of Houston Mrs. Shirley Sutton of Houston Vera Brake of Houston Donna Cunningham of Houston Jimmie Sue Herridge of Livingston, Tex. One Son: Patrick Kelly of Conroe, Tex. One Sister: Vera Gilbreath of St. Louis, Missouri One Brother: Ira Kelly of Brazoria Eighteen Grandchildren Two Great Grandchildren Brookside Funeral Home, Houston, Texas (Harris County) James Edward Kelly was a first Cousin of Joe Brumbelow. Son of George and Texana (Brumbelow) Kelly. “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” -John 14:1-6; The Bible. Scripture Rev. Joe Brumbelow often used in Funeral Services. -submitted by David R. Brumbelow, P.O. Box 300, Lake Jackson, TX 77566. nsbc77562@LWOL.com August 11, AD 2007. Primary information from Clergy Record, given to officiating minister by the funeral home. A book about Rev. Brumbelow was published in 2005: The Wit and Wisdom of Pastor Joe Brumbelow, hannibalbooks.com