Elizabeth Frances "Betty" Kelley, age 86, of Reform, AL died June 11, 2019 at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday, June 14, 2019 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry Shelton and Rev. Barry Holland officiating. Burial will follow in Greenhill Memorial Gardens with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. Visitation will be one hour prior and immediately following the service at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Kathy Denise Kelley; daughter-in-law, Joy Kelley;
sons-in-law, Derrell Holley and David Burkhalter; her parents; brother, Bob Pate and sister, Peggy Hanson.
Survivors include her husband, Hubert Kelley of Reform; two daughters, Shelby Holley of Reform
and Patricia Burkhalter of Gordo; two sons, Herbert Kelley (Margaret) of Coaling and Danny Kelley (Cathy)
of Gordo; sisters, Jean Duncan and Ann Coats; brothers, Billy Ray Pate and Butch Pate; nine grandchildren, Leigh Ann Brand, Rena Cowart, Jennifer Quilliams, Michelle Griffin, Miranda Dailey, Steve Kelley, Jeremy Kelley, Joseph Dyer and Brook Burkhalter; 20 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren.
Betty was born June 25, 1932 in Reform, Alabama to the late Raymond Pate and Ethel Bonner Pate. She was a member of Arbor Springs Baptist Church and a retired employee of Westinghouse.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and great grandsons.
Honorary Pallbearers are the staff of Aliceville Manor Nursing Home and Rita McCafferty.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to Arbor Springs Baptist Church, P.O. Box 879,
Reform, AL 35481 or Hospice of West Alabama, 3851 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 or charity of
your choice.