Saratoga Springs, NY - William Thomas Kelley, Jr. died Thursday October 17, 2013, after a battle with Wegener's Granulomatosis. He was the son of W.T. Kelley, Sr. and Annie Rae Kindley Kelley and born on February 28, 1938 at the home place at Stony Point, Greenwood County, SC. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Kelley, Greenwood SC, and Evelyn Anne Kelley Ballenger, Pinebluff NC. He and Rose Marie Duell were married on October 8, 1961 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Saratoga Springs NY. They have three children, Kimberly Marie Kelley (Jim Sumner), Orlando FL, W. Thomas Kelley III, Richmond VA. and Anita Lynn Kelley, Albany NY. Other survivors include brothers-in-law, Rev. Donald Ballenger, Pinebluff NC, Earl Duell (Shirley) Saratoga Springs NY, George Duell, Sr., (deceased) (Dorothy), sisters-in law Betty Pisano, Fort Edward NY, Edie Fitzgerald (Greg), Wilton, many nieces and nephews, and good friend John Peck. He attended schools in Greenwood County SC, graduating from Greenwood High School June 2, 1955 and attended Lander College 1957-1959. He also attended Electrician's Mate "A" School, Submarine School, Basic Nuclear Power School, Sound Power Analysts/Isolation as Navy schools. Tom also completed Famous Artist Correspondence School, and many technical training classes for collision repair and painting and an in house training class for Better Business Management Skills sponsored by Jarvis tools. He was in the US Navy nuclear powered submarine program 1959-1963 and was in the commissioning crew of the USS Barb SSN 596, which was commissioned July 24, 1963. He was Electricians Mate 2nd Class. USS Barb was a sister boat to the USS Thresher, which was the first nuclear powered sub to sink. Barb was scheduled for initial sea trial when Thresher sank in the North Atlantic. Interest in submarines? A submarine is the only boat designed to sink and come back up! He was on the high school track team two years, and was line captain for two of the three years he worked in the high school cafeteria. Tom worked several odd jobs during school, including driving a SC school bus, clean up crew at Greenwood Mills, Mack Stevenson's garage and "grew up" in his father's general repair shop, learning to repair auto radiators beginning at age five. He also worked at Greenwood Specialty Company from 1955-1959. After his service time, he worked at several body shops and garages and at GE in Schenectady, Ballston Machine Tools in Ballston Spa, and Jarvis Tools in Greenwood SC. After many years of being a "backyard boy", in 1970 he started Superior Coach Body Shop in Saratoga Springs NY, owning/operating that until selling in 1999 to Richard Magnell. After retirement, he took up loafing full time and discovered that he had finally found something he was good at! In addition to cars, he had many interests, which included (but are not limited to) art, reading, (especially history) wood working and leather craft. For more than 50 years he hand tooled many leather projects and made scores of little leather animals. In the last few years he found an interest in things on the internet and enjoyed friends from around the world on Facebook! Relatives and friends may call from 4 to 7pm Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (518-584-5373). A funeral service will be at 11am Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 at the funeral home and burial with military honors will follow at 12noon at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Duell Rd., Schuylerville. Costly contributions are not necessary to remember Tom. Just pass along a smile to the next person you see and that will be remembrance enough! Try to have a little fun every day! And also try to always remember, "Do right because it is right and not because somebody makes you"!! Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.