Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1949 - 2015 (Age 66)
James Michael ?Mike? Kelley, 66 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Friday May 29, 2015. A native of Memphis, TN, he was the son of the late James Wilburn and Thelma Jean Smith Kelley.
Mike is survived by his wife, Candace Marie Kirsch Kelley; children, Michael C. Kelley and his wife Chandy of Orlando, FL, Melissa Marie Porterfield and her husband Kendell, Jeremy J. Kelley and his wife Michelle, Jon J. Kelley and his wife Ashley, Joshua D. Kelley and his wife Claire, and Jessica Rose Kelley all of Murfreesboro, TN; grandchildren, Charlotte, Kinsley, Caden, Adalyn, Evie, Ian, Mollie, and Lucy Kelley, Eliyah, Ava, Kaelyn, and Karissa Porterfield; sister, Patricia Beatrice ?Trish? McKay of Jacksonville, FL, and brother, Paul Kelley of Conroe, TX.
Visitation with the family will be after 12:00 noon on Wednesday June 3, 2015 at Woodfin Memorial Chapel with a 2:00 PM memorial service to follow with Pastor Manuel McGregor officiating.
Mike was a Christian and loved Jesus. He was owner and CEO of American Steel Buildings.
An online guestbook for the family is available at www.woodfinchapel.com.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel. 615-893-5151.
Hope all your family are well and living the life GOD has laid out for you.. Blessings to all of you and love ...
Randy / Genie Warbritton
May 23, 2025 | Tavares, FL | Friend
May GODS blessing still flow down to you and all your family .. Hope all are well . Rand & Genie Warbritton
william(Randy) warbritton
May 23, 2024 | Tavares, FL | Friend
Dear sweet Candy and family ...my thoughts and prayers are with you always ....May God bless you and all your family
Rand &Genie Warbritton
May 23, 2023
Dear Sweet Candy and family ... Our hopes and prayers are with you and may GOD continue to bless you and you family
william WARBRITTON
May 23, 2022
What a friend Mike was to me in college. He even helped lead me to Christ, which resulted in my pastoring career. Several years ago, Mike and I were talking about those college days. He mentioned some crazy things we did, like renting motorbikes and riding them around the practice fields in the rain. To my surprise, Mike finished that sentence with this comment: "I didn't even want to do that but I knew that you were depressed and needed some friendship time." I didn't know that that was his...
Rock Doddridge
May 28, 2019 | PORT ST JOE, FL | Friend
Mike Kelley and me.
Mike Kelley, our star linebacker, and I were standing in the stadium fall, 2010. He asked, "Which light pole was it?" I pointed, "That one." One night, my freshman year, before opening my life to Christ, I contemplated suicide. On a dark, moonless night, I walked into the football stadium between 1 AM and 2 AM. I stepped out onto the empty field. My eyes searched the light poles for one I could climb and, maybe, from which I could throw myself over the wall. I picked...
Rocky Doddridge
June 04, 2015 | Asheville, NC
My heart grieves for you family. Mike and I were classmates in Junior High School and even as a teenager he was an outstanding human being. Kind, gentle, caring and always fair. He always had an adult sense of right and wrong, consistently choosing the correct path. I can only imagine how outstanding he became as an adult! I am so very sorry for your loss. Our classmates will remember him always with great fondness.
Shela Barker Levesque
June 04, 2015 | Winter Park, FL
So sorry to hear of Mike's passing. We were students together at Glenridge Jr High, where he left an enduring legacy. My condolences to his family, may you find peace.
John Lawshe
June 03, 2015 | Canton, NC
My deepest sympathies go out to you and your family. May God give you the comfort and peace that you seek.
Scott Nathan
June 03, 2015 | Greenville, SC
