Extracted from The Longview News-Journal (Longview, TX)
Tuesday, January 28, 1992

Velma Tatum Kelly

HENDERSON -- Graveside Services for Velma Tatum Kelly, 83, of Longview will be Wednesday at Black Jack Cemetery with the Revs. Larry Crider and Lawrence Culbertson officiating and under direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home of Henderson. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.

She died at a Longview hospital Monday. She was born April 14, 1908, in Wyatt, La., and lived in East Texas 60 years.

Survivors include son, Bernie of Longview; sister, Louise Stevens of Gladewater; granddaughters, Cheryl Bussey and Vicki Couser, both of Longview; great-grandchildren, Aaron Bussey, Trent Bussey and Kailey Couser, all of Longview; and several nieces and nephews.