This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8026 Message Board Post: Rites To Be Held For Tom Kelly Tom Kelley, former sheriff of Kern county, died shortly before noon on Monday, Oct. 24, in the Mercy Hospital at Bakersfield. Death came as the result of a non-collision auto accident on. Hwy 466 near Caliente Wash on October 16th. Tom had a long career as a law enforcement officer and leaves a host of friends besides his widow and five children. He had taken a job as guard at the Tehachapi Men's Prison. Rosary services were conducted Wednesday, October 26 at the Hopson Mortuary Chapel in Bakersfield. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 27 Oct 1955