Thelma Lou Kelley Stout was born October 31, 1932, in Nacogdoches, Texas, to parents, L.R. Chumley and Lottie Dagmar Chumley. She went to her Heavenly Home on April 16, 2024, in Conroe, Texas, at the age of 91.
Thelma grew up in Douglass, Texas, where much of her childhood was spent outdoors. She loved fishing and in her younger years she had a horse that she loved to ride named Lady Bug. She also had a passion for gardening, canning, and working with ceramics. Thelma raised 6 kids and had 2 jobs where she worked from 2-10 and 10-6 and put all her kids through school. She also sold Avon and retired from the Pepsi Plant. Thelma will be missed by everyone that knew and loved her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, L.R and Lottie Chumley; husbands, Charlie J. Kelley and Harold Kenneth Stout; children, Rosa Charlene Hoagland and Dan Wesley Kelley; brothers, Marvin, Jack, Billy, and Orville Chumley; sisters, Faye Almajean Fletcher and George Ray Johnson. Thelma is survived by her beloved children, Charlotte Breazeale and husband Butch, William Kelley and wife Gwen, Trudy Wallace and husband Jessie, Carroll Kelley and wife Vickey, LaRhonda Hoagland; sisters-in-law, Ruby Jean Anderson and Donnie Chumley; 19 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren; along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Visitation will be at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home on Friday, April 19, 2024, from 6-8 pm. Funeral Service is scheduled for Saturday, April 20, 2024, in the Pace-Stancil Chapel at 10am with Pastor Don Chumley officiating. Burial will be at 2pm in the Eden Cemetery in Douglass, Texas. Pallbearers for the service will be Lonnie Swan, Jonathan Wallace, Dylan Havard, W. Kelley, Garrett Tucker, Jesse Wayne Wallace, and Cade Lombardo. Honorary Pallbearer will be Michael St. Clair.