Jessie Lee Kelley, age 100, of Columbus, MS, formerly of Reform, AL passed away February 2, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Sunday, February 6, 2022 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sammy Crawford and Rev. Hunter Fields officiating. Burial will follow in Graham memorial Cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. Visitation will be 6 - 8 pm Saturday, February 5, 2022 at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J. E. Kelley; daughter, Joyce McClellan; her parents; grandsons, Mike McClellan and Mark Driver; granddaughters, Amy McClellan and Kim Thompson; great-grandsons, Chad McClellan and Garrett Pritchett; great-granddaughter, Faith Crowell; brothers, Bill, L. D., Charlie and Elton and sisters, Mattie, Maggie, Allie and Trannie.
Survivors include her daughters, Laurine Driver, Jewel Pritchett (Jimmy), Charlotte Alexander (Bobby) and Vikki Kelley; son, Jay Kelley (Becky); seventeen grandchildren, Teresa McGregor (Scott), Tina Cooper (Greg), Terena Traywick, Joan Greenwaldt (Johnny), Tim Crowell (Robin), Jerry Crowell (Diane), Sherry Washington, Richard Pritchett (Angie), Anthony Pritchett (Jackie), Missy Cooper (Lance), Beth Palmer (Jon), Jamiee Sanford (Chris), Jonathan Alexander (Chelsea), Breck Kelley, Hunter Kelley, Lindsay Gregg (Glenn) and Katie Kelley; thirty three great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Jessie was born November 10, 1921 in Millport, Alabama to the late Thomas Bama Keating and Molly Homan Keating. She was a member of Reform First Free Will Baptist Church and a retired employee of United Technologies in Columbus, MS.
Pallbearers will be Tim Crowell, Jerry Ray Crowell, Hunter Kelley, Breck Kelley, Jonathan Alexander and Greg Cooper.
Honorary Pallbearers are members of Reform First Free Will Baptist Church.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to Reform First Free Will Baptist Church, P. O. Box 495, Reform, AL 35481.