Nov. 13, 1942 –

Aug. 13, 2013

Sue Kelly, 70, of Albany, and formerly of Climax, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, Ga.

The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Herman Hand officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Kenneth Harrison, Joseph Kelly, Jimmy Shepard, Daniel Parker, Billy Gray, and Norman Ruis serving as active pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at Ivey Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607, the Cedar Grove Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 247, Climax, GA 39834, or the American Cancer Society, 323 Pine Ave., Ste 100, Albany, GA 31701.

Mrs. Kelly was born Nov. 13, 1942 in Donalsonville, Ga., the daughter of James Zackarie King and Ila Velma Hartzog King. She was a devoted homemaker and member of Mercedes Baptist Church in Albany.

She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Michael Kelly; her brother, Jim King, Jr.; her sisters, Wanda King and Mary V. Pate; and her four-legged son, Bouncer.

Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Charles Larry Kelly of Albany; her daughters, Cindy K. Willingham and her husband, Bill, of Pelham, Ga. and Sharon K. Holton and her husband, Gene, of Leesburg, Ga.; her grandchildren, Stephanie Davis of Pelham, Drew Davis of Newton, Ga., Kane Brett of Findlay, Ohio, Kelly Willingham and her fiancé, Eric Belinc, of Newton, Sharron Brett (Matthew Franklin), of Leesburg, and Leigha Holton of Leesburg; and her great-grandchildren, Robin Wurst of Pelham, Caydon Davis of Camilla, Ga., Braylee Davis of Newton, LaiLani Belinc of Newton, and Ethan Belinc of Newton.

Ivey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.