Saturday, April 19, 2003

Published 12:00 am Monday, April 21, 2003

Eva Genell Kelly

OAK GROVE, La. Eva Genell Kelly died Friday, April 18, 2003, at Carroll Nursing Home in Oak Grove, La. She was 82.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Harold Kelly; her parents, Elijah and Claudie Precilla Gatlin; and three brothers, Elijan T. Gatlin, Luther Franklin Gatlin and Larry Ray Gatlin.

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Mrs. Kelly is survived by six sons, Glen Kelly and Gary Kelly, both of Oak Grove, Tony Kelly, Brian Kelly and Mickey Kelly, all of Pioneer, La., and Harold Kelly of Fresno, Calif.; two daugthers, Mary Strong of Oak Grove and Donna Carroll of Kilbourne, La.; five sisters, Jessie Phelps, Virginia Brownlee, Reva Grober, Earlene Strickland and Jeannie May; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Goodwill Church of God in Goodwill, La. Jay Kelly and Revs. David Radford and Jason Strong will officiate. Burial will follow at New Forest Cemetery in Forest, La.

Visitation will be at Cox Funeral Home, Inc. in Oak Grove until 9 p.m. today and Sunday and until the time of the service Monday.

Pallbearers will be Glen Kelly, Harold Kelly, Tony Kelly, Gary Kelly and Mickey Kelly. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandsons and Woody Tyson and Billy Spam.

Mary A. Wilson

Mary A. Wilson died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She was 41.

Ms. Wilson was employed by Alpha Data Corporation as a data analyst for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

She is survived by her mother, Betty J. Bell of Vicksburg; her father, Willie Chambers of St. Louis, Mo.; her fianc, Herbert Dale Williams of Vicksburg; two sisters, Linda Lewis of Atlanta and Valencia Jones of Vicksburg; two brothers, Ronnie Robinson of Atlanta and Mark Robinson of Vicksburg; nieces and a nephew; and other relatives, including the Robinson family of Vicksburg, the Young family of Atlanta, the Conrod family of Indianola and the Warner family of Clinton.

Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.