To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 9/12/16 • Approved: 9/13/16 • Last Updated: 9/16/16 • R1154654-G0-S3
April 5, 1942 - September 2, 2011
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
MASON VALLEY — Donald Ray Kelly, 69-year-old resident of Mason Valley Community, Ark., went to meet his heavenly father, Sept 2, 2011, at John L. McClellan Veterans Hospital, Little Rock, Ark. His wife Lynne, children and grandchildren were beside him.
He was born April 5, 1942, in Plains, Kan, to Homan and Anna Keefe Kelly. He lived in Beaver, Okla., until his family moved to Northwest Arkansas in March 1953. He attended Gentry Schools, graduating in 196O. He joined the US. Navy in 1960 and served until 1964 on the USS Bainbridge. Donald married Lynne Gentile in Pembroke, Mass., on July 21, 1962. He returned to Northwest Arkansas from Massachusetts when he departed from the Navy, where he worked as an electrician. He owned and operated Kelly Electric in Siloam Springs from 1980 until his death. Donald loved his family, friends, working, hunting, fishing and his farm.
Survivors include his wife, Lynne of the home; his children, Robin Delano of Rogers, Roxanne Handy of Fort Smith, Larry Silseth of Rogers, Billy Handy of Gentry, Kathi Roberts of Gentry, Mari Wimbish of Van Buren, Donna Kelly of Highfill, and Kim Handy of Pea Ridge; two sisters, Helen Allen of Elm Springs and Carol Chase of Rogers; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at Wasson Funeral Home, Inc., Siloam Springs, Ark., with Pastor Bobby Bennett officiating. Burial will follow at Gentry Cemetery, Gentry, Arkansas. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Ark.
To sign the online guest book, visit www.wassonfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Ark.
Contributed on 9/12/16 by judyfrog
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1154654