DONALD W. KELLY

Donald Wayne Kelly, 78, of Norborne, MO, passed away to be with our Lord, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, MO.
Don was born April 29, 1932 in Knoxville, the youngest of nine children to John Oliver and Hattie (Myers) Kelly. He married Bessie Rose Lindley on June 27, 1954 at the First Baptist Church, Richmond, MO; she survives, of the home.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Terrill and Helen Kelly of Smithville, MO; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Terri Johnson of Gower, MO, Tammie and Kenneth Welker of Perryville, MO, and Tina and Nelson Pike of Liberty, MO; two sisters, Dorothy Adams of Richmond and Helen Buffo of El Cajon, CA; ten grandchildren, Lydia and Avery Welker, Jacob and Samantha Pike, Max and Kristen (Johnson) Pind, Kelly Johnson, Ethan Kelly, Susan Waldren, Greg Stewart and Andrew Stewart; and two great-grandchildren, Owen Waldren and Finley Waldren.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sons who died in infancy, Donald Wayne Kelly, Jr. and Ricky Lynn Kelly; one son-in-law, Kevin Johnson; three brothers, Edgar Kelly, Claude Kelly and Kenneth Kelly; and three sisters, Della Yoakum, Leta Proffitt and Freida Taibi.
Don farmed in Carroll and Ray County areas since 1960. He belonged to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Norborne. Don had lived in Richmond before moving to the Norborne area in 1960. He served as a Corporal for the U.S. Army in Korea during the Korean War. He was a member of the American Legion Post #237.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be Thursday, May 6, at 1:00 p.m. at the Thurman Funeral Home, Richmond, MO. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 5, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Thurman Funeral Home, Richmond, MO. Burial will be in Fairhaven Cemetery, Norborne, MO, where military graveside services will be conducted by the American Legion Post #237 and the Richmond VFW Post #4398. Thurman Funeral Home in Richmond, MO is in charge of the arrangements.