Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
DEATH OF MRS. P. ]. KELLY.
Estimable BlutGela Lady Passes Away
After Illness Of Only One Week.

Mrs. P. J. Kelly, after an illness of
just one week, quitely passed away
yesterday morning at 2:25 o'clock at
her home on Wyoming street. The
news of her death came as a shock
to the entire city, for no more popular
nor more beloved woman was there in
Bluefield than Mrs. Kelly. A few DAYS
after she was taken sick her condition
became critical, owning to complica-
tion of diseases setting in, and the end
came before specialists who had been
summoned from Baltimore and Wash
ington could arrive.
Mrs. Kelly's happiness was in max
ing her home an ideal one. Those who
know her most intimately speak of her
as most devoted wife, mother, daughter
and sister. In the matter of charity
she recognized neither creed nor color.
None of her relatives or closest ac-
quaintances know to the full extent the
almost unbounded generosity of her
heart, and many and many of her deeds
OF charity and works of kindness among
the poor are unrecorded save in the
writing of angels in the world beyond
this earth whittier she has gone. I'm
assuming, sweet, and cheering, in the
home of the lowly as well as in. the
hearts of those she loved most dearly,
Mrs. Kelly's place in the community
will not be an easy one to fill.
Mrs KalIxy hofo~o L.
Miss Levacia Virginia Baldwin, third
daughter of Capt Denison B. Baldwin,
Oldest resident of the city, and Mrs.
Sallie Barns Baldwin. On both her
fathers and her mothers side she was
connected with the grand old aristo-
cratic families of Virginia that played
such an important part in the early
history of that immortal commonwealth.
She was born at Tazewell, then the
home of Capt. and Mrs. Baldwin, on
May Is, 1875. She same to Bluefeld with
her parents in 1888, and has since resid-
ed in this city. On May 81, 1899. she
was received into the Catholic church.
by Reverend Father Olivier. On June
10, 1899, she was married to P. J. Kelly.
and to their union three children were
born, two sons and one daughter.
The deceased is survived by her faith
er and mother, Capt and Mrs. d. B.
Baldwin; her husband, P. ]. Kelly; three
children, Helen, William Denison and
Patrick Ward Kelly, aged s, 5 and 2
years, respectively; four brothers, VIM.
G. Baldwin, of Roanoke, D. o. Baldwin.
of Bluefield, r. M. Baldwin, of Raleigh.
N. c., and A. H. Baldwin, of Ports
mouth, Va; three sisters, Mrs. w. ].
jerks, Mrs. C. G. Duy and Miss Bette
Lyde Baldwin. all of Bluefeld.
The death of Mrs. Kelly is the second
to occur in the immediate family. the
first being that of her brother, ]. M.
Baldwin, in 1908
The funeral services will be held at
Catholic church Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev.
Father Olivier. Interment will be in
Walnut Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Kelly will be missed by many
who have been ministered to by her
when in sickness and trouble, and by
those who by her benehcent acts of
charity have had the need removed and
those whom her kindness has cheered.
Among the relatives who have arriv-
ed to attend the funeral are Robt. M.
Baldwin and daughter, Miss Louise,
and son, Frank, of Raleigh, N, c.; A.
II. Baldwin, of Savannah, Ga. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. G. Baldwin, of Roanoke;
Capt. and Mrs. W. T. Baldwin and son.
w. T. Baldwin, Jr., of Radford; John
Copenhaver, of Johnson City, Tenn,
Mrs. Ella Barns, wife of the late Robt.
Barns; Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Barnes,
Mrs. Nellie Barns, Mrs. Peggie Barns,
wife Of John Barns, Sr.; Miss Ora
Daily, Mrs. Barbara Moss, A. J.. Copen-
haver, Mrs. Eliza Copenhaver and
Joseph Barns, all of Tazewell. Blue
field Telegraph, May 26.