A 61-year-old Ralls farmer, Willie J. Kelso, died at 1:05 p.m. Saturday in Lubbock's Methodist Hospital following an auto accident in Lubbock the previous day.
Kelso received head injuries in a two-vehicle collision about 4:45 p.m. Friday in Lubbock.
He was admitted about 6:30 p.m. to Highland Hospital, and was transferred early Saturday morning to Methodist Hospital.
Kelso had farmed in the Ralls area since 1937. He moved there from Oklahoma.
Services were conducted at 10 a.m. Monday in the Ralls Assembly of God Church with the Rev. G. A. Vanhoose, former pastor now residing in Slaton, and the Rev. Vernon O'Kelly, pastor of Ralls First United Methodist Church officiating.
Burial was in Ralls Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Annie; three sons, Tommy of Ralls, Dewayne of Hobart, Okla., and David of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Fred of Petersburg; two brothers; and six grandchildren.
Crosbyton Review, December 5, 1974
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Services for Annie Kelso, 90, of Ralls, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006 in the Ralls First United Methodist Church with Rev. George Van Hoose and Rev. Allen Brooks officiating. Burial will follow in the Ralls Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Ralls. Visitation will be from 5 until 6 p.m. Monday at Adams Funeral Home.
Mrs. Kelso was born May 21, 1915 in Washita County, Okla. to the late Henry Denton and Mary Casora (Cantwell) Mitchell. On September 23, 1932 she married Willie Jasper Kelso in Cordell, Okla. He preceded her in death Nov. 30, 1974. She moved to the Ralls area in September of 1937 from Duncan, Okla. She was a homemaker and had been a faithful member of the Ralls Assembly of God Church for over 50 years and attended the Ralls First United Methodist Church for 11 years. She is also preceded in death by a son, Henry Donald Kelso who passed away Sept. 5, 1941; a brother, Herman Mitchell; and four sisters, Ella Mae Riley, Rosie Mitchell, Letha Condra and Lizzie Kelso.
She is survived by three sons, Tommy Kelso and his wife Alice, David Kelso and his wife Robin, both of Ralls and Dwayne Kelso of Lubbock; one daughter and her husband, Betty and Randall Dixon of Hideaway; two sisters, Eva Scott of Oklahoma City, Okla. and Naomi Sumrall of Bella Vista, Ark.; 11 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Monday, February 6, 2006
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