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Nelda Mae Kelly

Female 1928 - 2018  (89 years)


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  • Name Nelda Mae Kelly  [1, 2
    Birth 13 Dec 1928  Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 20 Sep 2018  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • In her annotated transcription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as a daughter of J. D. Kelley and Lola Chavis.

      Nelda Mae Chance, 89, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018 at her residence in Hemphill, Texas.

      She was born December 13, 1928 in Florida to J. D. Kelly and Isabelle Chaves Kelly. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

      Nelda had moved to Sabine County in 1955 and shortly thereafter became a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church where she remained an active member for the rest of her life. She enjoyed working and over the years she could often be found plowing fields behind a mule or later, on a tractor. When she wasn't working, she enjoyed gardening, quilting, and sewing.

      Nelda was preceded in death by her husband, J. D. Chance and daughters, Nelly V. and Jenny Conn.

      She is survived by her daughters, Peggy Diane Brown and husband, Truett; Gladystine Randolph and husband, Butch; Betty Sue Stabbs and husband, Mike; andMary Frances Perimon and husband, Billy; brother, P. Joe Kelly; sisters, Daisy Pond and Dorothy Germann; 11 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

      Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 21, 2018 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas.

      Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 22, 2018 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 4984 Gravel Hill Rd., Hemphill, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. Don Snider officiating.

      Burial will follow services in Gravel Hill Cemetery.

      Serving as pallbearers are Heath Perimon, Brian Brown, Jason Conn, Chris Wagstaff, Michael Wagstaff, Chad Randolph, and Justin Randolph.

      Online condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.
      Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home website
      Also published in the Sabine County Reporter
    Person ID I39555  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2021 

    Family James D. Chance,   b. 13 Jul 1923, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1991 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Children 
     1. Nellie V. Chance,   b. 26 Nov 1948, Santa Rosa County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1948, Santa Rosa County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Gladystine Chance,   b. 29 Apr 1950, Florida Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 2020, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     3. Jenny Faye Chance,   b. Abt 1955, Jay, Santa Rosa County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 2016, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F11993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Dec 1928 - Florida Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Sep 2018 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    2. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), September 26, 2018, page 8 (Reliability: 3).