Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kello, John G., 1933 

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JOHN GURLEY KELLO

   John Gurley Kello, well-known Sebrell citizen and agent for the Virginian 
Railway at Joyner, was instantly killed early Monday morning at Camp’s Crossing 
one mile west of Sebrell while he was driving to Joyner and was struck by a fast 
freight. Mr. Kello’s body was under the caboose of a 60-car train when found, 
and the force of the impact carried parts of the automobile half a mile along 
the track.

   Mr. Kello, 59 years of age, was the son of the late J.R. Kello and Mrs. 
Maria Vaughan Kello, and was born and reared in the Applewhite community in this 
county. He was of a kind and genial disposition, numbering many friends. He made 
his home with W.B. Simmons of Sebrell, and had been employed by the Virginian at 
Sebrell, Bower’s Hill and later at Joyner. He is survived by a sister Miss 
Mattie Kello, two brothers, J.R. Kello and S.T. Kello, besides several nieces 
and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the old 
Kello homestead by Rev. R.H. Marks of Applewhite’s M.E. Church where Mr. Kello 
had been a life-long member, and interment was made in the family burying 
ground. The active pallbearers were H.E. Bell, W.B. Hall, Dr. J.N. Applewhite, 
Cecil Vaughan, 3rd, J.B. Vick, Earl and Samuel Kello, W.B. Simmons, Jr. and 
Shelley Doles, a number of friends of the family serving as honorary bearers.

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JOHN GURLEY KELLO

   Suffolk, April 4. - Funeral services for John Gurley Kello, 60, railway agent 
for the Virginian at Joyners, who was killed at the railroad crossing near 
Sebrell, were held yesterday at the old Kello Home near Vicksville, conducted by 
the Rev. R.H. Marks.

   He was the son of the J.R. Kello and Maria Vaughan Kello, and is survived by 
two brothers, S.T. Kello, of Capron and J.R. Kello, of Courtland, and a sister, 
Miss Mattie Owen Kello, of Courtland.

[John Gurley KELLO, of Sebrell, Virginian R.R. agent at Joyners, 
 b. Applewhite, d. 3 Apr 1933, near Sebrell, age 60, 
 interred in KELLO family cemetery*, 4 Apr 1933, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Fri., Apr. 7, 1933; 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown] 

[*note discrepancies in age and funeral date. 
 SCHS Cemetery Project (Vol. II-43) gives 3/31/1873-4/3/1933. 
 While the funeral was "at the old Kello home near Vicksville," the 
 cemetery lies on the south side of the Nottoway R. on Indian Town Rd. 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 
 see also, obit of sis Mary Elise KELLO SIMMONS: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s552m3ob.txt] 

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

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