Southampton-Nansemond County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kello, Edith L. Johnson, 1960 

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EDITH JOHNSON KELLO

MRS. KELLO, CLUB, CIVIC LEADER, DIES

   COURTLAND - Mrs. Edith Johnson Kello, 59, civic, church and club leader 
here, died in a Richmond hospital Monday after two days’ illness.

   The widow of J. Richard Kello, Jr., she was a daughter of Frank H. and 
Addie Everett Johnson of Nansemond County.  She was a member of Capron 
Methodist Church and its Woman’s Society of Christian Service, Eastern Star 
Southampton Chapter 68 and Sebrell Woman’s Club.

   Surviving are two sons, J. Richard Kello III of Courtland and Robert F. 
Kello of Shelby, N.C.; two daughters, Mrs. J.J. Nunn of Galax and Mrs. F.T. 
Parker of Barrington, Nova Scotia; three sisters, Mrs. Joe L. Scott of 
Franklin, Mrs. J.B. Short of Spiceland, Ind. And Mrs. W.E. Wallace of 
Augusta, Ga.; and seven grandchildren.

   A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. J.S. Peebles of Capron Methodist Church and the 
Rev. David S. Willis, Jr. of Asbury Methodist Church, Portsmouth.  Burial will 
be in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

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EDITH LEE JOHNSON KELLO

   Mrs. Edith Lee Kello, 59, assistant director of Wilson Inn, Methodist Home 
at 2205 Monument Ave., died Monday at a Richmond hospital.  She was the widow 
of James R. Kello, Jr. and a native of Courtland.  Surviving are two sons, J. 
Richmond Kello III of Courtland and R.F. Kello of Shelby, N.C.; two daughters, 
Mrs. J.J. Nunn of Galax and Mrs. F.T. parker of Barrington, Nova Scotia; three 
sisters, Mrs. Joe Scott of Franklin, Mrs. Vince Shortt of Sticeland, Ind., and 
Mrs. W.E. Wallace of Augusta, Ga., and seven grandchildren.  A funeral service 
will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holland Funeral Home, Franklin, with 
burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery, there.


Edith Lee (JOHNSON; Mrs. J. Richard Jr.) KELLO, 
asst. director of Richmond Methodist home, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 2 May 1960, Richmond, age 59, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 16*), Franklin, 4 May 1960, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," May 4, 1960, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 13, 1942, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525f3ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 24, 1943) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525a11o.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1934) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k400j3ob.txt 

He is buried in the KELLO family cemetery, "Rose Hill Farm," Indian Town Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-43): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mariah Kello Nunn, 
& Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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