- Mrs. Alta O. Kelley, 92, of Hamburg, died Sunday, February 25, 2001, at the Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett. A native of the Extra Community in Ashley County and raised in the Berlin Community, she was a resident of Hamburg since 1918 and a homemaker. Mrs. Kelley was a Methodist, having joined the Extra United Methodist Church at an early age. She later moved her membership to the First United Methodist Church in Hamburg, where she was a member for many years. She served the church in many ways, including a Sunday School Teacher and a member of the WSCS. She was also a member of the Leisure Lodge Auxiliary, helping with the elderly for many years, a member of the Gold Star Wives of America, AARP, and a member of the Ashley County Historical Society. She loved the outdoors, fishing, and working in her yard. She was preceded in death by her husband, Haskell H. (Hack) Kelley, Sr.; her parents, John Franklin and Saphronia Alice Holland Farmer; two brothers, Rev. Houston Farmer and Luther Farmer; two sisters, Lala McCameron and Estell Haney; and a nephew, Holly Langhan who was killed in Vietnam. She is survived by a son, Haskell H. Kelley, Jr., and wife Joyce of Little Rock; a daughter, Patsy Kelley White and husband Ed of Hamburg; five grandchildren, Edward H. White and wife Paula, Ron W. White, Byron H. Kelley, Karon K Priest and A. Diane Bush, five great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, February 27, at Jones Funeral Home in Hamburg. Funeral services are planned for 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 28, in the First United Methodist Church in Hamburg with Rev. Leslee Phillips officiating. Interment will follow services at the Hamburg Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 202 S. Main, Hamburg, AR 71646.
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1908 - 2001 (92 years)
