[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21910]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     IN MEMORY OF PASTOR BOB KELLEY

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 13, 2006

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, services for Dr. Bob 
Kelley, 65, were held Wednesday, November 1, 2006, at Grace Baptist 
Church in West Columbia, South Carolina. Officiating were Rev. Milton 
Ker and Dr. Charles Walker. Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington handled 
the arrangements. Interment was Thursday, November, 2, 2006, at 
Lakewood Memory Gardens, East Chattanooga, Tennessee; Turner Funeral 
Home handled the arrangements in Tennessee.
  Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Psalm 
116:15. Upon using every treasured moment that God had graciously 
granted him in laboring and pasturing for his Lord, loving and 
providing for his family, and living for and proclaiming his Savior, 
Dr. Robert Earl Kelley gained his entrance into heaven on Saturday, 
October 28, 2006. Born in Rossville, Georgia, he was the son of the 
late Clarence Day Kelley and Daisy Lou Hall. Known to most as ``Pastor 
Kelley'' he spent the last 43 years preaching and pasturing in West 
Virginia, Tennessee, and in West Columbia, South Carolina, where he 
recently retired as the pastor of Grace Baptist Church after 15 
fruitful years of ministry. Pastor Kelley received many prestigious 
awards including The Order of the Palmetto, from Governor Mark Sanford, 
and The Order of Palmetto Patriot, from Lieutenant Governor Bauer and 
Senator Jake Knotts.
  Survived by his loving wife, April Allene Scott Kelly of West 
Columbia; daughters and sons-in-law, Rachel Star Kelley Bancroft and 
John Bancroft of West Columbia; Laura Dawn Kelley Phillips and Chris 
Phillips of Charleston; Sharon Daye Kelley Goforth and David Goforth of 
West Columbia; sisters, JoAnn Kelley Tillman and Betty Jewel Kelley 
Tate both of Ooltewah, Tennessee; brother, Kenneth ``Buzz'' Kelley of 
Hixon, Tennessee. He is also survived by eleven grandchildren, John 
Robert Bancroft, Nathaniel Scott Bancroft, Abby Kristine Phillips, 
April Lauren Phillips, Alyson Kate Phillips, Zachariah Thomas Phillips, 
Holly Daye Goforth, Kelley Daye Goforth, Bailey Daye Goforth, Chloe 
Daye Goforth, and Amy Daye Goforth. Dr. Kelley was predeceased by his 
brother, Clarence Day Kelley, Jr.
  We all look forward to the day our faith will become sight and we are 
united with Christ and reunited with Pastor Kelley.

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