Clara Guylene Kelly

I remember when I went to Seattle to visit my cousins. Cousin Gloria took me to see Clarence who was very ill. It was wonderful spending time with Guylene (Clara) & the rest of the family. Seems like yesterday when we were all little & spending Thanksgiving together at Grandma Wyatt's house. I'm going to miss talking to her on the phone but we'll all be together again when Jesus comes. Love & miss you, cousin. Leslie Wyatt Funderburk, Philadelphia, PA.

Tammy Flipping Saadiq

I remember when cousin Gloria, Guylene and other family members came from Seattle Washington to Des Moines, Iowa to visit us one summer. It was so delightful to see them all. There was one time I recall Guylene had rode the train to Iowa. Always happy to see her whenever she would visit. That time Mount Saint Helens erupted, she called to let us know they were all safe. I will hold dearly the memories of cousin Guylene.

When I lived in Seattle Guylene would come by and take me to different scenic spots in Seattle. She visited me in San Francisco and we went to dinner.

We went to the movies with grandmother
Gloria Miller and Aunt Guylene to see Coming to America. Aunt Guylene was talking about the popcorn and how much more buttery it could have been.

I never went bowling or bingo with them, but I wanted to go especially on the cruise boats with them to Virgin Islands.

I only met Guylene twice. She had a very strong lively personality. I liked her immediately. She was an amazing woman that helped mold my wife into the amazing woman that she is. She will always hold a special 0lace in my heart because of how much my wife loved and cared for her.

My first memory of my Auntie is right after my graduation from high school she looked over at me and said 'you know a high school diploma is just that, you gotta go to college.' To some, they'd think what they did wasn't good enough, but the way she looked at me and her smile when she said it, I knew she wanted me to keep going and saw my potential. I truly loved her for that. She never held back with me. Since that moment she had been my biggest cheerleader throughout life. I'll miss our phone conversations and her telling me bits and pieces of her life stories whenever I was in town to visit.