Moore Co. TX - Obit for William Lester Kelley
   
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   Last  rites  for  William  Lester Kelley, retired farmer of the Reydon
   community who died Wednesday at his home following a long illness were
   held Friday at the Sunny Point Community building.
   He  was  born  August  12, 1873 at Atlanta, Georgia. He was married to
   Mary Ann Gentry in Georgia November 19, 1899.
   They caame to western Oklahoma from Georgia in 1915 and settled in the
   Grimes and Reydon community and made his home there since that time.
   Survivors  include his wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Kelley of the home address;
   seven daughters, Mrs. J.A. Keith of Grimes, Mrs. B.E. Clift of Reydon,
   Mrs.  Fred  Harmon  of  Sweetwater,  Mrs.  Arthur  Barnes, Mrs. Huston
   McEntire  and  Mrs  Buck  Couch,  all  of  Dumas, Texas, and Mrs. Jack
   Childers  of  El Centro, California; three sons, Oad Kelley of Reydon,
   Bud  Kelley  of  Arnett,  and  Gene  Kelley  of  Masterson,  Texas, 24
   grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
   One  brother,  R.A.  Kelley of Bovina, Texas, one half-brother Charley
   Kelley   of  Elijah,  Georgia,  one  daughter,  aone  sister  and  one
   half-brother preceded him in death.
   C.L.  Carpenter  officiated  at the service. Burial was in the Dempsey
   cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
   Pall  bearers  were N.R. Webster, Carl Long, Ivan Markley, Bill Clift,
   Elzie McEntire and Roy Fallis
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK