Janice Payne Kelly

Profile Updated: July 25, 2011
Residing In: Lexington, KY USA
Married, remarried, widowed, divorced. Show number of years of current status: Don Kelly 50 years and counting!
Your occupation or prior occupation if retired: Music teacher, Curator in Museum of Memories
Children - Ages, location, occupation, grandchildren and ages (by child): Laura and Ken, LaCanada Flintridge, Ca.attorney/investment manager, and children: Kaley,14; Kennadi More…&Mackenzie,13

Craig and Jennifer, Lexington, Ky. Economic Development, and children: Grace 11, Hannah,9, Rachael 7

Sean and Huong, Murray, Ky. MD, Internal Medicine, and children: Cameron 12, Kessalyn 10, Caden 7
Spouse's name and occupation:

Don Kelly, Engineer (retired)

Places lived:

Lexington, Ky (twice)
Frankfort, Ky. (twice)
Murray, Ky
Pasadena, Ca.

First Job. Amount of pay, if remember:

Baby Sitting 50 cents an hour, organist at church $5 a Sunday

First car. Cost if remember:

Renault

Travel:

All United States except Alaska, and North and South Dakota
Canada, Mexico,China, England, France, Turkey, Greece

Don & I have been traveling with all our grandchildren (9) this summer. THe boys have enjoyed some major league baseball games, all have enjoyed a trip to the Mall over America. Not so much the shopping, but the attractions at the mall. One of our grandsons overcame his fear of heights climbling 60 -70 feet about the ground, acquarium, miniature golf and all the rides. It has been blistering hot in CHicago as we went to the Sky Deck at the Willis Tower (formerely known as the Sears Tower) and riding the train from Memphis to Chicago.

Education:

Bachelor of Music Education from UK

Accomplishments:

Married to Don for 49 years
3 great children and their spouses
9 wonderful grandchildren
Completed the Marine Corps Marathon, 2006

Things you do in retirement, i.e, volunteer work, hobbies, etc.:

Church Activities; Christian Seminars;Women's Mentoring Ministry Board; teaching our grandchildren piano, cooking, weaving, needle work, & Bible Study;travel with Don and also the grandchildren; reading; DAR; geneology; Ronald MacDonald House; gardening; exercising; bicycling; running races( 5k,10k, etc.);needle work; oil painting (gave up on watercolors!); antiquing; Curator of Museum of memories for our family!

Hobbies, Fun:

See Above!
Don & I enjoy gardening and have removed all the grass from our back yard except for paths. We have rose garden, boxwood gardens, herb & veggie and woodland gardens with all native Ky. plants. We also have a small fairy garden for the grandchildren. We enjoy tea parties out there. Don has a hammock, but doesn't spend much time in it!
Texting and emailing our grandchildren! Watching lots of baseball, basketball, soccer,horse shows, piano recitals, cheer contests, art shows as our grandchildren participate!
Used to weave, but now just collect new and antique covelets, etc.
Collect sheep and Nativity scenes

Who was your favorite MHS teacher (or teachers)?

Mary Hart Finley, Katherine Thomson Lulu Solomon Smith, Ruth Carr Williams

Memories (Madisonville, School, anything):

I have very fond memories of my days in Madisonville, "The Greatest town on Earth"! A great place to grow up.

Tales and tidbits:

I remember Mrs. Teague very fondly. She lived next door to me and two or three days a week she would ask me to come to her house to help her grade papers! We had wonderful conversations. She spoke about that being her first year to teach. I remember her as a very sweet spirit and caring woman. I thought of her the first year I taught school in Jessamine County with several of my male students trying to intimidate a "just out of college teacher" starting to teach in January! I am so thankful for all our teachers at MSU who were such a wonderful influence in my life!

Posted: Dec 17, 2013 at 12:51 AM
Don & Janice
Posted: Dec 17, 2013 at 12:51 AM
Sean, Laura, Craig, Janice & Don




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