Father of actor DeForest Kelley. Ernest was a Baptist minister.
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"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3NG-8T3 : accessed 15 December 2015), Earnest D Kelley in household of E Jackson Kelley, Militia District 212, Byrum, Franklin, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,197.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLKR-FLG : accessed 15 December 2015), Earnest D Kelly in household of Jackson E Kelly, Byram, Franklin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,202.
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z1-8NZ7 : 22 July 2021), Ernest D Kelley and Clora Casey, 23 Oct 1916; citing Marriage, Fulton, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 409,864.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZZV-TMX : accessed 15 December 2015), Ernest David Kelley, 1917-1918; citing Spaulding County, Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,558,567.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K75G-MW6 : 8 January 2021), Ernest D Kelly in household of Luther H Kelly, Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160-295, sheet 1B, line 53, family 13, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 734.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4DD-FLJ : accessed 15 December 2015), Ernest David Kelley, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8KM-T65 : accessed 15 December 2015), Ernest D Kelley in entry for Jackson De Forest Kelley and Carolyn M Dowling, 07 Sep 1945; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,179.
"Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V43D-G6H : accessed 15 December 2015), Ernest D Kelley, 01 Dec 1966; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Fulton, Georgia, certificate number 037100, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 18 December 2022; memorial page for Rev Ernest David Kelley (13 May 1883–1 Dec 1966), Find A Grave: Memorial #119046132, citing New Hope Cemetery, Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Patricia (contributor 48106659).
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