Robert Keith "Bobby" Kelly

(August 13, 1937 – February 9, 2023)

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at Collins United Methodist Church in Collins for Robert Keith "Bobby" Kelly, 85, of Collins, who passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at the Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg, MS.

Reverend Tim Beard will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Collins City Cemetery in Collins. Special music will be provided by Howard McGee and Annie Kay Rogers. Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at Collins United Methodist Church, 602 South 2nd Street, Collins, Mississippi.

Pallbearers will be Larry Tripp, Howard McGee, Steve Everett, Billy Daniels, Kenneth Yates, and Doug Rogers. Honorary pallbearers will be Herman Campbell, W.M. Lott, Lloyd Speed, and Jimmy Pickering.

Mr. Bobby was an avid outdoorsman and a wonderful storyteller. An active member of Collins United Methodist Church, he loved his church family. He worked for 38 years as a Senior Operator at Colonial Pipeline, and his hobbies included woodworking and camping. Most of all, he was a "family man" who especially loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Ruth "Peggy" Kelly; and parents, Keith and Gladys Lavada Clark Kelly.

Survivors include his wife, Sammie Jo Cochran Kelly of Collins, MS; daughter, Pam Kelly Bullock (Don) of Hattiesburg, MS; grandchildren, Kelly Paige Gibbons (Josie) and Whitney Pendergrast (Lane), both of Hattiesburg; brother, Jerry Clark Kelly (Euna Mae) of Tylertown, MS; sister, Jane Ann Kelly of Hattiesburg; great-grandchildren, Addison Gibbons, Charleston Gibbons, Oliver Gibbons, and Penelope Gibbons; and many extended family members and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society at donate3.cancer.org.

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com.