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Happy Mother's Day

This is a photograph of my mother, Madge R. Kelley (1914-1988), from the archives of my sister Lynne E. Kelley. This is a colorized black and white photograph that is undated. We think this photograph is from her high school graduation in 1931.

My mother and my father, John J. Kelley, were married in 1936. They lived in Portsmouth, Virginia, my home town, for all of their married lives. The had two boys and two girls and I was the oldest. My younger brother, Curtis, has passed away. My little sisters, Wynne and Lynne, were born when I was a senior in high school.