Mary Beatrice Evans Kelley

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, March 30, 2016

OLIVE BRANCH — Visitation for Mary Beatrice Evans Kelley, 87, will be from 5 to 6 p.m. today at Jefferson Street United Methodist Church.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Brantley Funeral Home Chapel in Olive Branch.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home.

Arrangements are under the direction of Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch.

Mrs. Kelley was born April 25, 1928, in Alabama, the daughter of George Livingston Evans and Lily Millican Evans.

Mary was a longtime member of Maples Memorial United Methodist Church in Olive Branch. She enjoyed crossword puzzles and playing Scrabble with friends and family.

Mrs. Kelley was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Kelley; her parents; four brothers, Charles Evans, Garnett G. Davidson Jr., Bob Davidson and Billy J. Davidson; and her stepfather, Garnett G. Davidson.

Survivors include three sons, Jeff Kelley and wife, Ronda, of Olive Branch, Keith Kelley and wife, Babette, of South St. Paul, Minn., and Chris Kelley and wife, Jodi, of Natchez; five grandchildren, Maygan Kelley, Ginger Kelley, Nicolas Kelley, Maggie Kelley and Mary Evans Kelley.

Special thanks from the family to Crown Health and Rehabilitation Center.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of choice.