NAME: INEZ (RIECH) KELLEY, AGE 94, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER.

BORN: MAY 7, 1908 IN YELL COUNTY, AR. TO JOHN BENJAMIN AND ALICE (ROACH) REICH. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 94 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED WEST ALLISON AND ATOKA SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: L. P. PAUL KELLEY ON AUGUST 28, 1927 AT ATOKA, OK..

OCCUPATION: MRS KELLEY AND HUSBAND PAUL OWNED AND OPERATED MANY BUSINESSES IN ATOKA INCLUDING A GROCERY AND SECOND HAND STORE AND KELLEY�S HARDWARE AND FURNITURE CO. MR AND MRS KELLEY WERE IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, ACQUIRING MANY PROPERTIES THROUGH THE YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A VERY ACTIVE AND LOVING LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA.

AS A YOUNG GIRL INEZ AND HER MOTHER CAME TO BENTLEY AREA AND LIVED WITH HER SISTER AND BROTHER IN-LAW, NAOMI AND POSEY HOWARD. MR HOWARD TAUGHT SCHOOL AND MADE INEZ GO TO SCHOOL AND GET A GOOD EDUCATION. SHE AND HER MOTHER WORKED IN THE COTTON FIELDS AND HAD A HARD LIFE FOR MANY YEARS. SHE FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED NUMEROUS CHILDREN'S HOMES AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. MS. KELLEY WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE RED ROSE GARDEN CLUB AND IN EARLIER YEARS SHE WAS AN AVID HORSEWOMAN AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA TRAIL RIDERS. SHE AND PAUL NEVER MET A STRANGER AND ALWAYS HAD A ROOM AND MEALS FOR A VISITING PREACHER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

SURVIVED BY

NIECES: JUNE REICH OF GUTHRIE, OK. DELORA DEARMON OF ATOKA, OK. MARTHA WHITEHURST OF SUNNYVALE, TX.

NEPHEWS: VINCENT HOWARD OF LEGRANGE, TX. WINSTON HOWARD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ROY HOWARD OF MERIDIANVILLE, AL.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JOHN BENJAMIN AND ALICE REICH. HUSBAND: L. P. PAUL KELLEY IN AUGUST, 1974. SISTERS: ANNIE DEARMON, VEORAH PARTIN, NAOMI HOWARD, AND AN INFANT SISTER. BROTHER: IRBY REICH. NEPHEWS: OPAL DEARMON AND GLENDON PARTIN. NIECES: HELEN RUTH HEATHERLY, BILLIE MANSELL, DOROTHY COOK, BENNIE WATKINS, AND ORA NELL MCCOY.

DATE OF SERVICE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: BROTHER DAVID HARENDT. ASSISTING: WINSTON HOWARD.

CASKETBEARERS: (GREAT NEPHEWS) GLEN HEATHERLY, JIM HEATHERLY, BILL WHITEHURST, BOB HOWARD, DONNIE HOWARD, RUSSELL HOWARD, STEPHEN HOWARD, CLAY HOWARD, STEVE MANSELL, JACK DEARMON.