Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Friday, August 23, 2002

James Odell Kelly

Carthage

James Odell Kelly, 80, an avid gardener died of heart failure Wednesday, August 21, 2002, at MS. Baptist Medical Center. Visitation is 8:30-10:30 a.m. today at Wilcox Funeral Home. Services are 11 a.m. today at the funeral home with Rev. Sale Lily, Rev. Jim Burns and Rev. Randolph Scott officiating. Burial is in Freeny Cemetery.

Mr. Kelly was a member of Wiggins Methodist Church and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Survivors include: son, Lyndon Kelly; daughter, Linda Shepard; sister, Mildred Watkins; brother, Leroy Kelly, all of Carthage; 3 grandchildren, Lyn Kelly, Layne Kelly, and Jamie Shepard and 3 great-grandchildren.