Mrs. Edna Rachel Kelley, 87, of Carterville, Missouri departed this life on Saturday morning, April 9, 2011 at the Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri. Rachel was born on November 12, 1923 in Blooming Rose, Missouri. She was raised in Texas County Missouri and was a graduate of Licking High School. On January 3, 1946 in Waynesville, Missouri she was united in marriage to Jasper Owen Kelley and to this union four children were born. In 1964 she and Jasper moved their family to Carthage, Missouri and later to Sarcoxie, Missouri. She has resided in Carterville, Missouri since April of 2000. Throughout her life she was a devoted homemaker to her husband and family. Rachel was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of forty-two years, Jasper Owen Kelley on February 12, 1988; a granddaughter, Susan Laughlin; one brother, Franklin Davidson; and a cousin (whom she was raised with) Willard Williams. Rachel is survived by two sons, Dwain Kelley and wife, Frances, of Carthage, Missouri and George Kelley and wife, Peggy, of Republic, Missouri; two daughters, Norma Soard and husband, Jim, of Webb City, Missouri and Thelma Hill and husband, George, of Quapaw, Oklahoma; thirteen grandchildren; forty-five great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs. Kelley are 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at the Hopewell Baptist Church near Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri with Bro. Bob Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the Big Piney Cemetery. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are James Soard, Jr., Darold Soard, Mike Soard, Everett Kelley, Tony Kelley, Danny Shields, Kevin Crawford and Kim Davidson. The family will receive friends on Monday evening from 6-8:00 p.m. in the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.