Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kello, S. Thomas Sr., 1954 

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SAMUEL T. KELLO 

  Samuel Tom Kello, Sr., 75, a resident of Windsor for the past 16 years 
but a native of Southampton County, died in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, 
Suffolk, on Friday morning, October 29, after an illness of a few weeks.  

  Mr. Kello was the husband of the late Mattie Bell Kello and the son of 
the late James Richard and Maria Thomas Vaughan Kello of this county.  He 
was a member of the Applewhite Methodist Church. 

  Surviving him are two sons, Samuel T. Kello, Jr., and Joseph Earl Kello, 
both of Windsor; six grandchildren; and one sister, Miss Mattie O. Kello 
of Courtland. 

  Funeral services were conducted at the old Kello home place near Courtland 
on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with interment in the Kello family 
cemetery.  Officiating were Rev. J.T. Cassell, pastor of the Capron Methodist 
Church, and Rev. B.A. Riddle, pastor of the Windsor Baptist Church. 

  Pallbearers were Ira Holt Barham, Emory Eley, Earl Ellsworth, Lee Felts, 
Walter Joyner, Oscar Porter, W.H. Story and Joe Vick. 

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SAMUEL THOMAS KELLO 

   Suffolk, Oct. 31 - Funeral services for Samuel Tom Kello, who died 
Thursday, were conducted at the homeplace near Courtland this afternoon 
at 2 o'clock by the Rev. J.T. Cassell and the Rev. B.A. Riddle.  Burial 
was in the family cemetery.  Pallbearers were Ira H. Barham, Emory Eley, 
Walter Joyner, Joe Vick, Lee Felts, Earl Ellsworth, W.H. Story and Oscar 
Porter.  Friends of the family served as honorary pallbearers. 


Samuel Thomas "Tom" KELLO, Sr., of Windsor, retired farmer, 
b. 3 May 1879, Southampton Co., d. 29 Oct 1954, Suffolk, 
interred in KELLO family cemetery*, "Rose Hill," 30 Oct 1954, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 50, No. 3, Thurs., Nov. 4, 1954, p. 6; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 258, Mon., Nov. 1, 1954, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (MV-II-42): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #197981285. 

His parents & both wives are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 23017 (Chuckatuck #215) 

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 25, 1927, p. 5), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k400m2ob.txt 


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

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k400s1ob.txt