Brenda Joyce "Jo" (Carpenter) Kelly, 73, of Farmside Street, Waynesboro and widow of Dan Harvey Kelly passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 in the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.

Mrs. Kelly was born in Covington, Virginia on May 6, 1946, a daughter of the late Walter Harrison, Jr. and Dorothy (King) Carpenter.

Jo was a member of Church on the Hill and was retired from the Waynesboro Public School System. She was an avid reader, loved to sing, and adored her grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by two brothers, Walter "Buddy" Carpenter and Garnett Ray Carpenter, and a sister, Carol E. "Jeannie" and her husband Willi H. Reimann.

Surviving is a son Christopher Patrick Kelly of Waynesboro; a daughter, Dannell Joyce (Kelly) Burgener and her husband Jeffrey of Waynesboro; three brothers, Michael Edward Carpenter and his wife Karen of Clifton Forge, Gerald "Jed" Carpenter and his wife Ronda of Covington, and Harold Lee Carpenter and his wife Cindy of Roanoke; a sister, Angelia "Susie" Broughman of Clifton Forge; a sister-in-law, Linda Carpenter; three grandchildren, Aaron Christopher Kelly, Blake Alan and Jeffrey Evan Burgener; two great grandchildren, Tristan and Adalyn; numerous nieces and nephews; and her very special friends, Catherine Smith, her family, and Norman Rankin..

A Celebration of Life will be conducted 6:00 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2020 in Coffman Funeral Home Chapel by Pastor Shane Lilly.

The family will receive friends following the service.

A Graveside service will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 20, 2020 in Alleghany Memorial Park in Covington by Pastor Shane Lilly.

Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory, 230 Frontier Drive, Staunton, is in charge of her arrangements.