ObituariesMay 5, 2000

SIKESTON -- Funeral for Reta E. Kellett of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. Pat Hogan will officiate. Burial will be in Matthews Cemetery at Matthews. Kellett, 92, died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at Clearview Nursing Center...

SIKESTON -- Funeral for Reta E. Kellett of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. Pat Hogan will officiate. Burial will be in Matthews Cemetery at Matthews.

Kellett, 92, died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at Clearview Nursing Center.

She was born March 30, 1908, at Matthews, daughter of Court and Eva Byrd Mainord.

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Kellett was a member of First Christian Church, and had been a volunteer at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

Survivors include three sons, Don, Larry and Gerald Kellett of Sikeston; a daughter, Janice Whitehead of Memphis, Tenn.; three brothers, Courtney Mainord of Anderson, Ind., Lyle Mainord of Prior, Utah, Wayne Mainord of Fort Wayne, Ind.; a sister, Nadine Savage of Anderson; 13 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, and five brothers.

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