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Submitted: 2/21/21 • Approved: 2/22/21 • Last Updated: 2/25/21 • R391452-G0-S3
1922-2000
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - George Lee Kelley Sr., 77, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2000.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Johnson Park Church of Christ with B.C. Brannon, minister of Jim Hall Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery in Borger by Brown Funeral Directors.
A native of Limestone County, Mr. Kelley was a longtime Borger resident. He retired as a bartender with Borger Country Club and was a member of Jim Hall Church of Christ.
Survivors include two sons, George Lee Kelley Jr. of Midland and Danny Ray Kelley of Corsicana; five daughters, Valerie Kelley, Calerie Jackson, Annie Kelley and Wanda Cofer, all of Borger, and Marie Robertson of Midland; two brothers, Willie Dean Kelley of Fort Worth and Charles Ervin Kelley of Corsicana; two sisters, Bernice Coulston of Long Beach, Calif., and Hallie V. Henderson of Detroit; 22 grandchildren; and 14 greatgrandchildren.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: George Lee Kelley
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Age: 19
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1922
Birth Place: Limestone, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Childress, Childress, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Childress, Childress, Texas, USA
Weight: 150
Complexion: Light Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5 8
Next of Kin: Hallie V Kelley
Household Members:
Name Relationship
George Lee Kelley Self (Head)
Social Security Death Index
Name: George L. Kelley
Born: 19 Sep 1922
Died: 21 Jan 2000
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: George Lee Kelley
Death Date: 21 Jan 2000
Death County: Potter
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: George Lee Kelley
[George L Kelley]
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1922
Birth Place: Coolidge Lim, Texas
[Mexiz, Texas]
Death Date: 21 Jan 2000
Father: Willie L Kelley
Mother: Hollie V Carruthers
Notes: May 1942: Name listed as GEORGE LEE KELLEY; 03 Feb 2000: Name listed as GEORGE L KELLEY
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