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Submitted: 6/30/22 • Approved: 7/1/22 • Last Updated: 7/4/22 • R522250-G522250-S3
Velera V. Mandrell Kelley
February 21, 1903-February 20, 1976
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The old rugged cross
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Services for Mrs. Velera Kelley, a local resident of 45 years, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. Jordan Grooms, pastor officiating.
Burial will be in West Park Cemetery under direction of Smith & Co. Funeral Home.
Mrs. Kelly [sic] died Friday in St. Anthony's Hospital at Amarillo.
Born Feb. 21, 1903, she came to Hereford in 1931 and was nursery mother of First United Methodist Church since 1949. She was a member of that congregation.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Ethel Smith of Amarillo, Mrs. Mildred Reece of Albany, Ga. and Mrs. Juanita Owen, Mrs. Helen Owens and Mrs. Margaret Craig, all of Hereford; three sons, Kenneth C., Douglas M. and Virgil O., all of Hereford.
Also, two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Davis of Sweetwater, Okla. and Mrs. Ethel Dodd of Mayfield, Okla.; two brothers, Nelson Mandrell of Fredrick [sic], Okla. and Clarence Mandrells [sic] of Mayfield; 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 75th Year, No. 16, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Sunday, February 22, 1976, Page 9A)
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Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Velera Mandrell
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1904
Marriage Date: 19 Feb 1922
Marriage Place: Beckham, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Alonzo M Kelley
Film Number: 001312935
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Velera Kelley
Death Date: 20 Feb 1976
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Velera Viola Kelley [Velera Viola Mandrell]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1903
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 20 Feb 1976
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father:
Douglas Lee Mandrell
Mother:
Emaline Jarigen
Certificate Number: 13401
Contributed on 6/30/22 by neldapat
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