Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
1:39 pm Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Thomas H. Kelly

Thomas H. Kelly, Sr., 83, passed away May 22 at Keller Landing, Tuscumbia. He was born in Mississippi and worked as an assembler for Ford Motor Co. for 31 years. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Vina.

Services will be May 25 at noon at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay, with Bro. Matthew Haney officiating. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery, Vina.

Survivors are his wife of 59 years, Patricia Kelly, Vina; two children, Thomas H. Kelly Jr. and wife Rhonda, Huntsville, and Timothy Kelly, Grayslake, Ill.; four grandchildren, Trey Kelly, Ryan Kelly, Anna Shavers and Sarah Bailey; and one nephew, Bobby Braden, Tupelo, Ms.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie Kelly and Leona Kelly; one brother, William Kelly; and one sister, Eva Braden.

Pallbearers will be James McCalpin, H.B. Humphries, Ryan Kelly, Trey Kelly, Wayne Emerson and Kenny Holland.

Visitation will be May 24, 6-8 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay.

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