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Flora Kenny Kelly
- Graduated Friendship High School in 1958
- Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Masters in Reading Education, and Masters in Elementary Administration from Jackson State University
- First African American female assistant principal in Brookhaven
- First African American female principal in Brookhaven
- Developed the curriculum and implemented the first kindergarten in the Brookhaven Public School System and later became the principal
- Former secretary of the NAACP
- Former secretary of the Democratic Executive Committee
- President of the Brookhaven Lincoln County JSU Alumni Chapter
- Member of New Hope MB Church serving as Treasurer of the Inspirational Choir, President of the Mother Board and Director of the Greater Hope Foundation Food Pantry
- Married to Phillip E. Kelly, Sr., 2 children, 2 grandchildren
