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Rufus W. “Rip” Kelly

Birth
Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
7 Aug 1997 (aged 82)
Pangburn, White County, Arkansas, USA
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PANGBURN -- Rufus W. "Rip" Kelly, 82, died August 7, 1997. He was a veteran of WWII, member of First Baptist Church of Pangburn, VFW, and American Legion. He retired as general manager at Vickers in Searcy; after he retired he was consultant with Universal Nolin in Conway.

Mr. Kelly was instrumental in starting the Good Samaritan House in Searcy and was on the board of directors of Wilbur D. Mills Treatment Center, a volunteer at the Dept. of Human Services and Literacy Program.

Survivors: his wife, Lucille Kelly of Pangburn; son, Richard W. Kelly of Little Rock; twin sons -- Michael L. Kelly of Indianapolis, Ind., Patrick C. Kelly of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughters -- Marguerite Sutterfield of Pangburn, Roberta Hotaling of Ithaca, N.Y.; sister, Mildred K. Holliday of Houston, Texas; 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Services will be 11 a.m. today, August 9, at McEuen Funeral Chapel in Searcy.

Published in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, August 9, 1997
PANGBURN -- Rufus W. "Rip" Kelly, 82, died August 7, 1997. He was a veteran of WWII, member of First Baptist Church of Pangburn, VFW, and American Legion. He retired as general manager at Vickers in Searcy; after he retired he was consultant with Universal Nolin in Conway.

Mr. Kelly was instrumental in starting the Good Samaritan House in Searcy and was on the board of directors of Wilbur D. Mills Treatment Center, a volunteer at the Dept. of Human Services and Literacy Program.

Survivors: his wife, Lucille Kelly of Pangburn; son, Richard W. Kelly of Little Rock; twin sons -- Michael L. Kelly of Indianapolis, Ind., Patrick C. Kelly of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughters -- Marguerite Sutterfield of Pangburn, Roberta Hotaling of Ithaca, N.Y.; sister, Mildred K. Holliday of Houston, Texas; 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Services will be 11 a.m. today, August 9, at McEuen Funeral Chapel in Searcy.

Published in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, August 9, 1997


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