Services for Richard “Rooster” Kelly, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Friday, April 7, at Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church in Brookhaven withburial in Cool Springs Church Cemetery in McCall Creek. WilliamsMortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Thursday from 1 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home,with family present from 7 to 8 p.m.

Mr. Kelly, 41, died March 29, 2006, at the University ofMississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was born on Aug. 19,1964, to R.J. Kelly and Savannah Kelly.

He was a logger. He attended Franklin County High School wherehe was a drum major and a front-line trumpet player. He was amember of Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church where he served on the StewardBoard and the Usher Board. He was the church bus driver.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his stepmother, WillieMae Kelly; his sisters, Willie Bell Cameron and Willie Faye Thomas;and his brother, Mark Anthony Thomas.

Survivors are his wife, Natasha Kelly, of Brookhaven; hisdaughters, April Bradford, of Meadville, Nesha R. Kelly and TamaraSanders, both of Brookhaven; his sons, Jawon Bell and Ethan Kelly,both of Brookhaven; his sister, Dianne Dalton, and her husband,Ricky Dalton, of Brookhaven; his stepsisters, Verdia L. Woods, ofFlint, Mich., Rosemary Lyons and Ruby Thomas, both of Brookhaven;his stepbrothers, Archie Thomas, of Brookhaven, Jessie Stovall, ofDetroit, Mich., Leroy Stovall, Larry Thomas and Sylvester Thomas,all of Brookhaven, and David Earl Thomas, of Detroit; and hisnieces, nephews and other relatives.