Funeral services will be conducted at 11AM Tuesday, September 10, 2019 in Shellman Bluff Baptist Church with Reverend Joshua Jones officiating. Per Aubrey’s request please wear your Georgia Bulldog Attire for the funeral service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Military Honors. James Kelley, Matthew Wright, Damon Rozier, Greg Hand, Josh Jones and Griffin Shollenberger will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Steve Parker, Harry Davis, David Widincamp, Jim Willis, Don Heinecke, Joe Farrell, Curtis Boyd, and Mack Burgess.
Born June 16, 1934 in Barretts, Georgia, to the late Aubrey H. Kelley, Sr. and Doris M. Kelley, he was a US Air Force Veteran. Mr. Kelley was a retired supervisor of computer services with Robins Air Force Base. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge of Hawkinsville. He enjoyed playing golf, fishing and was an avid Georgia Bulldog fan. He had been a resident of Glynn County for over 20 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Robert “Bobby” Kelley, and two sisters, Annette Kelley and Melvagene Mangel.
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Debra A Kelley of Brunswick, three children, Greta Wright and husband Matthew of Perry, GA, Gregg Kelley and wife Alison of Pineview, GA, and Colby Williams and wife Cortney of Brunswick, three grandchildren, James G. Kelley, Marti Kelley Jones, and Kellyn Wright Shollenberger, three great grandchildren, Addison Marie Kelley, Aralyn Elizabeth Kelley, and Ava Grace Shollenberger, several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends Monday evening, September 9, 2019, from 6PM until 8PM at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. Those desiring may make memorials to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, https://www.stjude.org/give/memorials-and-dedications.html , or Shriners Hospital for Children, https://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/shc/ways-to-give1 .
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