Mrs. Jimmie M. Kelly, 78, of Irwin County, died Thursday, June 21, 2012 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 4:00 P.M. Sunday, June 24, 2012 at Eureka Primitive Baptist Church with Rev. Jeff Cummings officiating. Pallbearers will be Russell Gay, Carl Gay, Glen Tucker, Ronny McCurdy, Frank Tucker and Floyd Tucker. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Saturday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Kelly was born August 24, 1933 in Douglas, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Warren and Dora Mae Smith Fletcher. She returned to Irwin County in 1993 from Jacksonville, Florida where she had worked at King Edward Cigar Company. Mrs. Kelly was a member of the Waterloo Homemaker’s Club. She was also a member of Irwinville United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Kelly is survived by her sister Mrs. Karleen Lane of Irwin County, Georgia, nieces and nephews; Warena Youmans, Kimberly Youmans, Beth Youmans Vowell and Gary Vowell, Eric Cox, Heather Cox Butler and Chris Butler, Jay and Melissa Youmans, Gary Cox , Diane Cox and many great nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James E Kelly, one sister, Alejo Moore and niece, Jo Karen Cox.