Vester B. Kelsey, 90
A bus driver for Trailway and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Amos and Florance Young Kelsey; and was preceded in death by first wife, Christine Southard Kelsey; sons, Stanley T. and Larry D. Kelsey; grandson, Tim Kelsey; brothers, Chester, Aaron, Otis and Roy Kelsey; and sisters, Clara Young and Cora Brady.
He is survived by wife Roberta Turner Kelsey; children and their spouses, Don and Janice Kelsey, Robert and Judy Kelsey, Phyllis and Jerry Barnes, all of McMinnville, Campbell and Martha Kelsey of Rock Island, and Barbara Elrod of Smartt; stepdaughter and spouses, Charlotte and Ronnie Helton, Carolyn and Billy Joe Youngblood, Caresse and Ronnie Nokes, all of Morrison; daughters-in-law, Judy C. Kelsey and Nancy Bouldin, both of McMinnville; halfbrother, Spencer Young of Sparta; sister-in-law, Jewell Kelsey of Sparta; brothers-in-law, Milton Young of Sparta and Bobby Southard of McMinnville; 15 grandchildren, 14 step-grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and 11 step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home with Nathan Wilkerson, Robert Kelsey and Johnny Curry Sr. officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held from 8 a.m. until time of service today at Love-Cantrell & Cope. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Caris Hospice, 1525 East Spring Street, Cookeville, Tenn., 38501.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 3, 2005