Kelly declares for County Commissioner

June 3, 2008 - 3:30PM

Hilton Kelly announces his candidacy for Washington County Commissioner, District 1.

Kelly grew up in Vernon and graduated from Vernon High School in 1959. He is married to Frances Pelfrey Pettis and they have three daughters, two sons and four grandchildren.

Kelly is a four-year veteran of the U.S. Navy as a sonar man serving aboard the destroyer U.S. S. Ingraham. He attended Chipola Junior College after his military service, worked on a DOT survey crew in the late 1960s and began his lifelong career with the Xerox Corporation in May of 1970.

He retired from Xerox in 2005 after 35 years of customer service work. He worked as a technical service manager and a customer service engineer.

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