November 16, 2001

Published 12:00 am Friday, November 16, 2001

MARY LEE HOLLY

Mary Lee Holly died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001, at her home in Vicksburg. She was 73.

Mrs. Holly had been employed with Anderson-Tully Company as an operator. She was a member of St. Peter M.B. Church where she served on the mother board.

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She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Holly; her parents, Alonzo Sr. and Lizzie Richards; her son, Willie James Johnson; three brothers, Anderson Richards, Alonzo Richards Jr. and Eddie Richards; and her sister, Evelyn Bland.

Survivors include two sons, Roosevelt Holly of Vicksburg and Michael Holly of Jackson; five daughters, Mary Johnson of Jackson, Lizzie Holly, Lucille Smith, Isabelle Parson and Debra Montgomery, all of Vicksburg; her brothers, Tommie Richards of East St. Louis, Ill.; and 13 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and other relatives.

Williams Funeral Services has charge of arrangements.

CYNTHIA J. KELLY

Cynthia J. Kelly died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. She was 50.

A lifelong resident of Vicksburg, Mrs. Kelly was a member of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include her husband, John A. Kelly of Vicksburg; her son, John B. Kelly of Hattiesburg; her daughter, Amber Kelly of Hattiesburg; her father, Billy Carlisle of Vicksburg; her mother, Lillie Early of Hattiesburg; three brothers, Carl Carlisle, Jimmy Carlisle and Phillip Slade Carlisle, all of Hattiesburg; three sisters, Becky Carroll of Vicksburg, Rene Faye Carlisle of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Telena Slade of Hattiesburg; and four grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Glenwood Funeral Home.