KENNETH JOLLEY

ALLEN-Services for Kenneth Ward Jolley, 83, Allen, are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Charles Murphy will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mr. Jolley died Monday, April 20, 2009 at a local hospital. He was born July 15, 1925 at Leeds, Utah to Aaron Ward and Mildred Akins Jolley. He graduated from Metropolitan High School in Los Angeles, California in 1942. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a highly decorated veteran, serving in both Atlantic and Pacific Theatres.

He married Patricia Scarborough October 10, 1946 in Elko, Nevada. They were married for 62 years and 6 months. He and his family moved to New Mexico in 1967 from Ada and back to the Allen area in 2005. While living in Clovis and Roswell, New Mexico, he was the owner and operator of a carpet business, retiring at the age of 52. Mr. Jolley was a Baptist, a member of the American Legion and a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV).

Survivors include his wife, Patricia Jolley, of the home; two daughters, Janice Kirby and husband Bill, Allen, and Karen White and husband Robert, Ada; one son, Kenneth Laren Jolley and wife Vickie Lynn, Fitzhugh; nine grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; 9 great great grandchildren; one brother, Dale Jolley and wife Donna, St. George, UT; and one sister, Irene Lewis and husband Lawrence, West Valley, UT.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Helen Johnson and Hazel Weeks and one brother, Ivan Jolley.

Bearers will be Kenneth Kirby, Matthew Warren, Gary Fox, Brian Fox, Daulton Fox, and Skylar Lofton. Honorary bearers will be Hunter Fox and Cade Stanford.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada