Kelly, Mae Ella Calico   
	
KILGORE -- Services for Mae Ella Calico Kelly, of Longview, 
will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 2007, at Parkview 
Baptist Church, with the Rev. J.C. Watkins and the Rev. 
Larry Washington officiating. Burial will follow in Lakeview 
Memorial Garden. Arrangements are under the direction of 
Cunningham Funeral Home. Mrs. Mae Ella Calico Kelly was born 
July 20, 1920, in Smith County, to the parentage of Allie 
Calico and Meele Elder. She attended Dunbar schools of Smith 
County. She united with County Line Church of the Living God 
at an early age. Mrs. Kelly moved her membership to Growing 
Valley Baptist Church. She later on moved her membership to 
Parkview Baptist Church, where she remained a faithful, loyal, 
dedicated member until her health began to fail her. She 
worked on the usher board and hospitality committee for more 
than 41 years. Mrs. Kelly was the usher board president for 
several years. She was a member of the Heroines of Jericho St. 
Luke Court No. 361 for more than 41 years. She worked for Mr. 
and Mrs. E.C. Johnston for more than 47 years, until she 
retired. While working for the Johnstons, she helped raise 
three children, Gayle Johnston Parker, Blanche Johnston 
Bruyere and Decie Johnston Brookshire. She also cared for and 
raised five of their children, which are known as her 
grandchildren, Stewart, Laura, Amy, Clint and Garnett. Mrs. 
Kelly was preceded in death by her parents; husband; four 
sisters; 10 brothers; and one special sister, Armie Dean 
Calico. She also leaves to cherish her memories one sister, 
Mary Lee Allen of Winona; and four special friends, Ivena 
Hayes, Billy Bush, Doris Dixon and Duffle Bag, all of Longview. 
She has some very special nieces and nephews who cared for her 
the past six years when her health began to fail. These people 
stood beside her until she departed this life on March 2, 2007: 
Mary Calico and L.A. Jones, Sherrion Calico and Raymond Fuller, 
Robert and Ramona Calico and James and Sandra Calico; as well 
as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/9/2007.