Barbara Jo Kelly, dau g ht e r o f th e late Joe M o rri s a nd Lula Mae Cannad y w a s born on Septemb e r 15, 1957 in Baltimor e , Mary land . She de part e d thi s life at the Univ e r s it y of Mar y land M e di c al C e nter on Se ptember 14, 2016.

Sh e r ece ived h e r education in th e B a ltimore Cit y Publi c Sc h oo l Sy stem s . Upon c ompl e tion of her edu c ation , s h e be c ame a full - tim e e mplo y ee at J e wish Family Services wher e s h e was a caregiver t o m a n y . After r e tir e m e n t s he moved on as a c ar eg iv e r for her mother .

I n 1992 B a rbara married th e L ove o f h e r life , her ro c k and co nfidant C ec il K e ll y . B a rbara lo v ed b e in g a S al es Rep for A V O N, s h e en jo ye d go in g on bu s trips to th e c asino s, card partie s w ith famil y and fri e nd s a nd most o f all she loved th e ge t - a- w a y s to Virginia w ith h e r hu s band C ec il . B a rb a ra will truly be mi sse d b y all her famil y and fr ie nd s.

Barbara was preceded in death b y h e r husband (Cecil K e ll y ) .

Sh e l e av es to mourn 7 childr e n : D e bra (Melvin , Sr . ) G o d sey o f Baltimore, MD , Rodne y (Eri c a ) K e ll y o f F l o rence, SC , R o bin Hartl ey o f Baltim ore , MD , Darr y l (Lind a ) K e ll y of F lorenc e , S 'C , C eci l An dr e a K e ll y of Fl o ren c e, S'C, and Avery V a n ess Kell y , Sr. of B a ltim ore , MD; C ec ilia K e ll y (preceded in death) o f Baltimore. She al so l eave s to mourn h e r s i s t e r Lisa Cannady Gain e r , th ree brothers , Jam es S m ith (Wanda), Timoth y and Anthony Jon e s; tw o n e ph e ws, James Smith Jr. a nd Earlie Pr es ton E v an s Jr. ; three aunt s, Mar y Davis , Colene Matth e ws o f Baltimore, MD and Ester Glov e r o f N ew Y o rk ; two un c l es, Hu e Miller ( Un c l e Br ot h e r) Smith and Th eo d o r e( Uncle Tedd y ) o f B a ltim o r e and hos t o f g r a nd c hildr e n, fam i l y and fri e nd s .

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