Virginia's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Kelley family tree.

Virginia's Family

Parent

Parent

Virginia Kelley Partner Child Partner Child

Sibling

There are no photos of Virginia Kelley! Please share photos of Virginia and the Kelley family.
Photo

Kathey Kelley

Amy Robin (Pearson) Kelley

Amy Robin (Pearson) Kelley

Amy Kelley

Amy Kelley

Amy Robin (Pearson) Kelley

Sharon Ann Conn relatives

Tarrel F Kelley gravesite

432nd A Flight

Rose E Kelley

Brandon S. Kelley

Brandon S. Kelley

Minerva Kelley?

Karry Kelley

Kayla Elizabeth Ann Kelley

Leave a comment to ask questions, share information, or simply to show that you care about Virginia.

Post

Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Virginia's lifetime.

In 1955, in the year that Virginia Kelley was born, on September 10th the TV show "Gunsmoke" debuted on CBS. It went on to be television's longest-running western. Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams, and Miss Kitty became household names.

In 1964, when she was just 9 years old, in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.

In 1970, by the time she was just 15 years old, on May 1st, US troops invaded Cambodia, expanding the Vietnam War. The invasion of Cambodia was a Nixon policy, although it was argued against by both his Secretary of State and his Secretary of Defense.

In 1973, at the age of 18 years old, Virginia was alive when on January 28th, the Paris Peace Accord was signed - supposedly ending the Vietnam War. Hostilities continued between North and South Vietnam and the U.S. continued to bomb. But by August 15, 1973, 95% of American troops had left Vietnam. The war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon.

In 1986, in the year of Virginia Kelley's passing, on September 8th, the Oprah Winfrey Show went into national syndication. A popular talk show, it was number 1 in the ratings since its debut. The last show aired on May 25, 2011.