The Jackson Herald            June 13, 1973

                            Mr. O'Kelley

     Willie H. O'Kelley, 79, a retired farmer of Commerce, died Sunday at BJC Hospital following a short illness.
     Born in Madison County, he was a son of the late B. Frank and Mary Hicks O'Kelley.  He was a member of the Blacks Creek Baptist Church and a deacon, member of the John H. Jones Masonic Lodge, Danielsville.  He was also on the Board of the Federal Land Bank in Royston.
     Surviving are his wife:  Mrs. Ledie Fitzpatrick O'Kelley, a brother:  Henry O'Kelley of Miss., a sister Hattie Jane Barrett of Miami, Fla.
     Funeral services were held at 3 pm at the Blacks Creek Baptist Church by the Revs. Troy Whitworth and J. C. Parker.  Burial was to be in the Gray Hill Cemetery.  Little Ward Funeral Home.

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