Smyth County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Willie (Bill) K. Kelly

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Notices for January 1

Smyth County News
Thursday, December 30, 2004

Kelly

Willie (Bill) K. Kelly, 100, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in Roanoke.

She was a resident of the Brandon Oaks Lutheran Home.

She was the daughter of the late John Peck Kelly and Lura Woodyard Kelly. She
was born in Sugar Run, near Pearisburg, on Nov. 25, 1904, grew up in Smyth and
Bland counties and graduated from Marion College Academy in 1921.

She attended Radford College Normal School and received her teaching certificate
in 1923, returning to Radford College to earn her B.S. in 1939. Her first
teaching position was in Appalachia at the age of 19, in 1923. In 1926, she
accepted a position in Bluefield (Graham), teaching there until 1930, when she
moved to Bristol. She was a first grade teacher in Bristol, Va. school system
for 40 years.

Survivors include many nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces and cousins,
including Virginia Echols-Dixon of Winterville, Ga., James Kelly of
Williamsburg, Jean Echols of Roanoke and Jane Kelly-Daniel of Lexington.

A graveside service was held on Friday morning, Dec. 31, 2004, in Round Hill
Cemetery in Marion. The Rev. Richard D. Mullan of St. Luke’s Methodist Church of
Bristol officiated the ceremony.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be sent to St. Luke’s
United Methodist Church, 105 North St., Bristol, Va. 24201. Expressions of
sympathy may be made to the family at the website www.seaverbrown.com.

Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory in Marion was in charge of
arrangements.