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George Kelt Jr. '57 May 22, 2017 8:12 AM updated: May 22, 2017 8:14 AM
SPARKMAN HILLCREST FUNERAL HOME & MEMORIAL PARK obituary
7405 WEST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, DALLAS, TX 75225 | 214-363-5401
George Allen Kelt
June 30, 1935 - May 17, 2017
Funeral Service
Monday, May 22, 2017 | 10:00 am
Lovers Lane United Methodist Church
9200 Inwood, Dallas, TX 75220
Driving Directions
George Allen Kelt Jr. was born June 30, 1935, at the Valley Farm in Navarro County, TX, to George and Elizabeth Braswell Kelt. He was the second of four children.
He graduated from San Jacinto High School in Houston; Texas A&M with an Accounting degree and Bates College of Law at the University of Houston.
He served in the U.S. Air Force, was an accountant for Shell Pipeline in Wyoming, a special agent for the Intelligence Division of the Internal Revenue Service and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the time of his retirement in 2000. He also served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for eight years in the Southern District of Texas.
A lifelong Christian, George has been a loyal member of Baptist and Methodist churches and has been a member of Lovers Lane United Methodist Church for 12 years.
George was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Benadene Fairfield and Carol Nelson. He is survived by his wife Clara, step-daughter and husband Allison and Fernando Salazar of Murphy, Texas, grandchildren, Daniel and Ruth Salazar, sister Patricia Rosenfeld of Houston, brothers-in-law Ray John and LeRoy of San Antonio, Texas, and Bobby Nelson and Mary Jane of Huntsville, Texas, and several nieces and nephews.
Burial will be for near family members at Chatfield Cemetery.
7405 WEST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, DALLAS, TX 75225 | 214-363-5401
George Allen Kelt
June 30, 1935 - May 17, 2017
Funeral Service
Monday, May 22, 2017 | 10:00 am
Lovers Lane United Methodist Church
9200 Inwood, Dallas, TX 75220
Driving Directions
George Allen Kelt Jr. was born June 30, 1935, at the Valley Farm in Navarro County, TX, to George and Elizabeth Braswell Kelt. He was the second of four children.
He graduated from San Jacinto High School in Houston; Texas A&M with an Accounting degree and Bates College of Law at the University of Houston.
He served in the U.S. Air Force, was an accountant for Shell Pipeline in Wyoming, a special agent for the Intelligence Division of the Internal Revenue Service and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the time of his retirement in 2000. He also served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for eight years in the Southern District of Texas.
A lifelong Christian, George has been a loyal member of Baptist and Methodist churches and has been a member of Lovers Lane United Methodist Church for 12 years.
George was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Benadene Fairfield and Carol Nelson. He is survived by his wife Clara, step-daughter and husband Allison and Fernando Salazar of Murphy, Texas, grandchildren, Daniel and Ruth Salazar, sister Patricia Rosenfeld of Houston, brothers-in-law Ray John and LeRoy of San Antonio, Texas, and Bobby Nelson and Mary Jane of Huntsville, Texas, and several nieces and nephews.
Burial will be for near family members at Chatfield Cemetery.
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