Kelvis W. Salters passed away Friday, December 23 at
the NMMC. He was 40. He was a graduate of Tupelo
High School and attended Itawamba Community College.
He previously worked in law enforcement in Corinth,
MS and most recently in security at Tupelo High School
and in Columbus, MS until his health failed him. During
his early childhood years he joined Red Hill M.B. Church.
He was born to Kathy Salters-Coker and the late Billy
W. Salters.
He is survived by his mother, a brother: Justin Coker
(Faith) of MO: an uncle: Carl Mosley (Jessica) of Tupelo,
MS; aunts: Ms. Lana Word, Patricia Gates (Leon) and
Ms. Sharon Collier, all of Tupelo, MS; cousins: Jimmy
Word, Tashunda Conway (Chad), Stacy Holmes, Ashley
Holmes, Octavius Salters, Michael Collier, Tamika
Salters, Tiara Bates, Brandi Bates, Brandon Bates,
Lamar Bates, Douglas Brown and Makhylee and Libby
Pass.
He is also survived by his special childhood friends
since grade school, Rob Banks of Memphis, TN,
Rowlonda Banks of New Albany, MS and Jason
Gambrel of Tupelo, MS. They will also serve as
pallbearers along with Lee Banks of Jackson, MS.
He was preceded in death by his father: Billy W.
Salters, maternal grandparents: Hezzie and Geneva
Mosley of Tupelo, MS; his paternal grandparents:
Juanita and Rufus Salters of Tupelo, MS; uncles:
Kimball Mosley of Tupelo, MS, Charles Salters and
Bobby Salters of Tupelo, MS and Dewitt Turner of Lake
Elsinore CA, his stepfather: Roy Coker; an aunt: Shirley
Thomas of Tupelo, MS and a cousin:Antonique Thomas
of Tupelo, MS