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Jeanne Renick Kelton died November 26, 1999 and has been cremated. Memorial Services will be held in Belton, Texas. She had been a resident of Albuquerque since 1968. Jeanne was born at home in 1909 in Waco, TX to Samuel Renick and Lota Campbell Renick. She was a member of a well-known Texas pioneering family. She had a lifelong interest in history and was an officer in Daughter's of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Confederacy. She was the the fifth vice president of the Daughter's of the Republic of Texas and served on the board for The Alamo. She was very proud of her work during the Korean War when she was the Flag Chairman and made sure the boys from Texas had an Texas Flag. Jeanne studied at the New York School of Design and the Chicago Art Institute. In the 1930's she worked as an artist and had a studio in La Vieta in San Antonio, TX. In the 1960's she owned Kelton's Antiques in the French Quarter in New Orleans. Her life spanned the most profound and signifcant century in human history. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Edwin Boyd Johnson and their daughter, Jeanne Renick McDowell and her second husband, Horace Kelton and their son, Paul Bruce Kelton and her granddaughter, Heather Hickman. She is survived by her daughter, Patsy Kelton-Born of Albuquerque, two sons, Peter Kelton and his wife, Sarah of Albuquerque, Michael Kelton and his wife, Eunice of Virginia Beach, VA; 18 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. She gave an appreciation of music, books and laughter to her grandchildren.
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