Russell E. Kelley, 61, of Cleveland, TN, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at his residence.
He was born and raised in Cleveland, and was employed by Beaty Fertilizer as a salesman. He was a member of Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed farming and loved to hunt on the family farm.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene and Mary Frances Bean Kelley; and nephew, Richard Cranch.
He is survived by his wife, Wanda Trewitt Kelley of Cleveland; two children, Joseph Kelley and John Kelley and wife Anali, all of Cleveland; two sisters, Marilyn Kelley of Cleveland and Nancy Cranch of Hendersonville, TN; and one niece, Lori Cranch of Hendersonville, TN.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Reverend Allen Lovelace and Reverend Russ Maroon officiating. Interment will follow at Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with Dale Jordan, Daryl Sliger, Dennis Ellis, Devon Fansler, James Rogers, and Bobby Rogers serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Ralph Buckner Funeral Home, who has charge of the arrangements.