Lifetime Cushing resident, Lillie “Mae” Kelly was born on August 11, 1928 in Keota, Oklahoma to Charlie Andrew and Dovie (Taber) Mooneyham. She passed away on March 15, 2010 in Stillwater, Oklahoma at the age of 81 years, 7 months, and 4 days.
On August 19, 1945, Lillie Mae Mooneyham was united in marriage to Edward Kelly and to this union, five children were born. She was a member of Mehan Union Church. She enjoyed working in her flower beds, watching her humming birds, and cooking homemade noodles for her grandkids. About twenty years ago, Mae made the most important decision of her life and was baptized in Tom and Dorothy Arther’s pond.
She is survived by three sons, Jim Kelly and his wife, Tammy, of Perry, Oklahoma, Frank Kelly and his wife, Levonne, of Cushing, Oklahoma, and Danny Kelly of Cushing, Oklahoma; two daughters, Diana Field and her husband, Laren, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Nancy Mitchell of Ripley, Oklahoma; three sisters, Mary Lou Ramm of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Freda Ramm of Carthage, Missouri, and Betty Fudge of Kemper, Texas; ten grandchildren, Shawn Field, Jared Field, Shelynn Kelly, Beau Mitchell, Sheena Capps, Will Mitchell, Dana Wiles, Travis Kelly, Edward Kelly, and Johnny Kelly; and six great-grandchildren, Amber, Stephanie, Cassie, Eva, Brogan, and Emory. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one brother, Jim; four sisters, Georgia, Flora, Lois, and Louise.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 2pm, Thursday, March 18, 2010 at Mehan Union Church with Pastor Larry Eslinger officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery in Ripley.
The family will greet friends at the Davis Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 4:00 – 8:00.
You may share your condolences with the Kelly family at www.davisfh.net.
Arrangements are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home in Cushing.
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