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Thursday, October 15, 2026
10:00 - 11:00 am (Central time)
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)
Reva Mae Kelley, 93, of Beebe, Arkansas, was born on April 22, 1933. and died October 7, 2026, in Ottawa, Illinois. Reva was a military wife, homemaker, hairdresser, and factory employee. The last 19 years of her working life was spent at the Little Rock Air Force Base Commissary. In her life she found great pleasure in volunteering at Beebe Christian Outreach Center, worshipping in her faith at Cornerstone Assembly in Ward, going to garage sales and spending time with family.
Reva was preceded in death by her husband, Lowell Raymond Kelley, her parents Bertha Garrison Bowers and Thomas Kit Bowers, her son Larry Raymond Kelley, her great-grandson Lowell Raymond Kelley Jr., her great-granddaughter Isla Mazur, her sisters Patsy Wilson, Pauline Parrish, Josephine Herrod, Eva Mann, Faye Fowler and her twin sister Treva Mae Bowers, One brother Thomas (Bubby) Bowers.
Reva is survived by her daughter Linda Rene’ (Douglas) Miller, Leslie Ray Kelley and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great, great-grandchildren.
Memorials can be made to the Beebe Christian Outreach.
Visitation is Thursday, October 15th from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. with service to follow at 11 a.m. at the Smith Westbrook Funeral Home, 404 W Dewitt Henry Drive, Beebe, Arkansas. Burial in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Beebe.
To view the online register: www.smithfamilycares.com
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