Joseph L. Kelly

Joseph Luther Kelly (March 4, 1867 – April 14, 1925) was an American lawyer and judge who served twice on the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

They both moved to Big Stone Gap a few years later and continued to practice together until 1895, when Judge Kelly entered into partnership with Joshua Fry Bullitt, Jr.

He sat with the court during the March term, 1925 but died shortly thereafter in an accident in his home at Bristol, Virginia.

Kelly was a trustee of Emory and Henry College, a democrat, a Methodist and a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Their children were: Edith Graham, Kathleen Hull, Mary Bane, Sarah Eloise — and Joseph L. Kelly, Jr (August 27, 1912[4]-April 16, 1999), who also attended the University of Virginia Law School and later practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia.