Everett Lee Kell (1929 - 2015)

Born 11 Oct 1929 in Swifton, Jackson, Arkansas, United States

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Died 28 May 2015 at age 85 in Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Everett Kell is Notable.

Mr. Everett Lee “Skeeter” Kell, age 85, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015. He was born October 11, 1929 in Swifton, Arkansas, the son of Clyde and Alma Kell.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Alma Kell; and two brothers, George Kell and Frank Kell.

Skeeter graduated from Arkansas State College (Arkansas State University) in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1952. He played professional baseball through from 1949 to 1954, and in the off season, he would coach and teach in Grubbs, Arkansas. He retired from baseball in 1954 and opened Skeeter Kell Sporting Goods in Kennett, Missouri in 1955. He moved to Pine Bluff and started working as a sales representative for L.G. Balfour Graduation Products and opened Kell Athletic Goods in 1964.

In the words of a precious friend of ours “on May 28th, Skeeter Kell took his last at bat on the game of life. His lifetime batting average was about 900, which means he was among the best that ever lived. His is now in Heaven’s Hall of Fame and the Angels are cheering as he starts his first game on God’s team. He was a great one.^[1]

Everett married Sue Thompson in 1948 in Arkansas.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ”Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147158361/everett-lee-kell), memorial page for Everett Lee “Skeeter” Kell (11 Oct 1929–28 May 2015), Find A Grave Memorial no. 147158361, citing Swifton Cemetery, Swifton, Jackson County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Rita (contributor 46585143) .
2. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM2R-2YH : 9 March 2021), Everett L Kell, 23 Jan 1948; citing Marriage, Jackson, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,208,738.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLC-FV6 : accessed 11 September 2021), Evert L Kell in household of Melvin C Kell, Glass, Jackson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 2B, line 94, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 78; FHL microfilm 2,339,813.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQK9-36S : 8 January 2021), Evert Lee Kell in household of Melvin C Kell, Swifton, Jackson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-17, sheet 2B, line 54, family 34, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 144.
• Wikipedia Entry.