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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 12, 2025

Franklin lawyer Mary Catherine Ross Kelly died Aug. 9 after an extended illness. She was 83. Originally from West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, Kelly relocated to Texas, where she worked as a high school teacher, coach and athletic director. She earned her law degree from Texas A&M in 1994, relocated to Tennessee and opened a solo practice in Franklin. She focused her practice on alternative dispute resolution, family law, elder law, estate planning, trusts, wills and probate. According to her obituary, she also was the first certified Rule 31 Mediator in Willamson County. She received the Williamson County Bar Association’s 2014-2015 Professional Award. Kelly retired from the practice of law in 2016. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. CDT on Friday at New Forest Lawn Cemetery, 2493 Highway 134, Oak Grove, LA 71263. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.