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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Betty Lou Kelley

Betty Lou Kelley, 88, of The Villages passed away Saturday, September 7, 2019. Born in Umatilla, she moved back to Umatilla from Franklin, North Carolina in 1978. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant working for a home health agency, and worked at Lakeview Terrace Retirement Center. She was a member of the Altoona Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Survivors include son, Norman “Clint” Kelley, Clewiston; daughter, Deborah “Leah” Kelley, Gainesville; sister, Eleanor Griffin, Umatilla; 6 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Predeceased are her parents, William Joe Roberts and Velma Manette Vickery; Husband, Hugh Wallace Kelley; son, Lonnie Phillip Kelley.

The family will receive friends at 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home with Frank Vanderhoof an Elder in the Altoona Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses is officiating.

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