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Submitted: 2/4/14 • Approved: 4/2/14 • Last Updated: 8/2/19 • R25287-G0-S3
September 6, 1906 Gaars Mill Winn Parish
March 1, 1940 Gaars Mill Winn Parish
Virgil Kelly, 33, shot himself to instant death at his Gaars Mill home Friday afternoon, March 1.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Harmony Grove Baptist church of which he was a member, with the Rev R L Bridges, pastor of the Dodson Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was made in the Harmony Grove cemetery.
Mr Kelly is the son of Mr & Mrs Amon Kelly of Gaars Mill. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Mrs Alice Bishop Kelly, 2 sons, John Huey & Herman; 2 daughters, Daisy & Gloria Jane; 6 brothers, Lee Eugene, Charles, John, & Bobbie of Gaars Mill, & Luther Kelly of Baskin; & 5 sisters, Mrs Varvis Folds of Baskin, Mrs Lawson Pepper of Sikes, Mrs Maggie O'Hara of New Orleans, Mrs Randolph Perdue of Jonesboro, & Miss Bertha Kelly of Gaars Mill.
Published in The Winnfield News-American, March 8, 1940
Contributed on 2/4/14 by lanesmeme1
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