[1] His brother Dr. C.(Caleb) Guyer Kelly, also known as the "Father of African Baseball", was a Methodist Episcopal Church lay missionary to Tunis, Tunisia.
[2] After completing his high school education at Baltimore's Polytechnic Institute, C.(Charles) Markland Kelly attended St. John's College, Annapolis, where he excelled in Lacrosse.
On December 1, 1928, he established a business of his own under the name of Kelly Buick Sales Corporation where he adopted the motto, "Selling Honestly and Servicing Sincerely".
After attending the aviation training school at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida, he received his wings and was commissioned in August, 1941.
Additionally, the Foundation disburses hundreds of thousands of dollars to the American Legion, schools, colleges, hospitals, clinics, youth programs, and various civic and cultural institutions in the Baltimore area.