Fannie Kelly

Fannie Kelly CLEVELAND, Va. Mrs. Fannie Kelly, age 93, passed away Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, at her home. Born March 24, 1916, in Russell County, Va., she was the daughter of the late Sylvester and Henrietta Osborne Rasnake. She was a beloved wife, and the best mother any children could have. She was loving and full of life. She lived her entire 93 years within one ½ mile of where she was born on Sandy Ridge. She loved to travel taking many vacations with family and friends. One of her passions was cooking and celebrating any occasion with family and friends even in later years, never tiring of them. The most precious people in her life were her husband, children, and grandchildren, making them many beautiful quilts through the years. She was a member of Clinchview Freewill Baptist Church, where her husband still pastors with his grandson-in-law, Leon Musick. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Lawrence Kelly in 1967; an infant son, Lewis in 1940; a grandson, Michael Musick in 2002; six sisters, Ellen, Ada, Myrtle, Lizzie, Laura, and Delphia, and five brothers, Rit, John, Harmon, Clarence, and Campbell. Survivors include her husband of 70 years, Rev. Gonan Kelly of the home; three sons, Nelson Kelly and wife, Maxine and Roy Kelly and wife, Myrle, all of Cleveland, and Jack Kelly and wife, Judy of Atkins, Va.; two daughters, Dolly Musick and husband, Sparker of Abingdon and Bethel Blevins and husband, Bill of Castlewood; eight grandchildren, Kathy McConnell and husband, Al, Ellen Blevins and husband, Vincent, David Couch and wife, Melissa, Janice Musick and husband, Leon, Sandra Large and husband, Jack, Carlos Kelly and wife, Lucy, Ricky Crabtree, Carlyn Windell and husband, Mike; 12 great-grandchildren, Kayla and Chloe Windell, Katie McConnell, Joshua and Kristen Blevins, Jordan, Samantha and Shiann Couch, Jarred and Joshua Musick, and Zackary and Seth Large; seven great-great-grandchildren, Alyssa, Jacob, and Jason Blevins, Trevor, Tyson, Trenton, and Terry Crabtree; one brother, Carl Rasnake of Cleveland; one sister, Thelma Musick; a host of nephews, nieces, and friends too numerous to mention also survive. `Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, Va., with Rev. Roy Lee Wilson and Rev. Leon Musick officiating. Interment will follow in the Kelly Cemetery on Sandy Ridge, Virginia. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Joshua Musick, Jared Musick, Joshua Blevins, Zackary Large, Seth Large, Ricky Crabtree, Carlos Kelly and David Couch. Honorary pallbearers will be Jordan Couch and nephews. Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Wednesday, where an evening song service will be conducted at 7 p.m.