Mary "Ada Belle" Kellams

W as born October 30, 1932 in Wardell, MO to Ora (Roberts) Cheek and Robert Lee Cheek  She passed  away on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Gideon Care Center in Gideon, MO at the age of 88 years six months and twenty-three days.

S he was united in marriage to Billy Wayne Kellams in Piggott, Arkansas on January 1, 1951. He preceded her in death in 1994. Also preceding her death were her parents, Ora Roberts Cheek, and Robert Lee Cheek, and four brothers; Earnest A. Cheek, George Lee Cheek, John Logan Cheek and William Thomas Cheek,  6 sisters, Dorothy DePriest, Nola Imogene Head, Buela Raye Cheek, Lera May Stinnett, Susan Kathryn "Kitty" Silvan, Lola Faye Cheek.

S he was a member of the First Baptist Church and the ABC Sunday School Class.

S he leaves to cherish so many wonderful memories her son & daughter-in-law, Wallace Mason (Linda) Kellams of Portageville, Mo, daughters and son-in-law, Mary Lynn Kellams Stafford and Donna Kathryn (Douglas) Kellams Hawkins both of Portageville, MO, 5 grandchildren, Jenna Hawkins, Lauren Bidewell, Emily Johnson, Jeremy Stafford, Ben Kellams, 7 great- grandchildren Nolan Johnson, Grady Bidewell, Emma Bidewell, Sophie Kellams, Olivia Kellams, Ty Stafford, Colby Stafford and a host of many other relatives and friends.