Thomas Henry Kelly, Jr., May 15, 1927- Oct 2, 2026

Source His site with a memorial from his daughter. On October 2, we lost one of the greatest of the Greatest Generation. Tom Kelly. The Colonel. Daddy to me. And ’Ol Tom to his grandchildren. It is impossible to capture 99 years or what he meant to our family, his friends, his troops and his loyal Legion of followers in a few words. But I wanted to share a little about the remarkable man we were so lucky to know and love. To the members of the Tenth Legion, thank you for the friendship, the support and the respect you have shown him for decades. It means more than you know. Tom may be gone, but his stories will live on through all of you and through generations of turkey hunters to come. Her comments on Meta. Notice of his passing from Jim Casada. Jim added a comment to this post which is how I found out about his passing. Thanks, Jim. I corresponded with Tom a little bit when​ I was in the states. I was as interested in his snipe stories as​ much as his turkey ones. I sent him some…