Kelley Snead

Born in Odessa, Texas on October 21, 1958

Departed on May 8, 2017 and resided in Thompson Station, Tennessee

Visitation: Harpeth Hills Funeral Home & Cremation Center Room: Stateroom ASaturday May 13, 2017 1:30pm to 2:30pmLife Celebration: Harpeth Hills Funeral Home & Cremation Center Room: ChapelSaturday May 13, 2017 2:30pm to 3:30pmInterment: Harpeth Hills Memory GardensSaturday May 13, 2017 3:30pm to 4:00pm

Kelley Sallee Snead, age 58 of Thompson Station, TN, was born in Odessa, TX on October 21, 1958, the daughter of DeWayne "Buddy" Noblett and Phyllis Jeanne "Vikki" Sallee. Raised in Sallisaw, Oklahoma by her grandparents John and Evelyn Sallee, she graduated high school and attended court reporting school. In the early ‘80's she moved to Los Angeles where she worked as an assistant in music business law, later gravitating to Nashville to form a singing duo with her mother and to write songs. She held many positions on Music Row during that time, working in various music law firms and eventually spending ten years at the Country Music Foundation and Hall of Fame as assistant to deputy director Kyle Young. At the Hall of Fame, she met songwriter Doak Snead, and they married in 1992. Their daughter Emma Claire was born in 1995.
After 3 years at BMG music, Kelley began a new career in real estate at Crye Leike realtors where she continued pursuing music on the side. Her real estate career ended in 2012 due to her contracting Corticobasal Degeneration, a super Parkinson's disease, becoming severely handicapped. In 2015 under her stage name Kelley Sallee Snead, she supervised a production of a CD of some of her early recordings called "Roses & Tumbleweeds" which is available on the internet.
Kelley is survived by her husband, Doak, her daughter, Emma Claire, of Spring Hill, TN, a stepdaughter, Rachel McCarty of Austin, TX; her sister, Kristi Ritson and her husband James of Peach Tree City, GA; her aunt, Bobbie Sallee Rivarde of Sallisaw, OK, three cousins and their families; and many nieces and nephews.
In Lieu of flowers donations may be made to MusiCares, 1904 Wedgewood Ave, Nashville, TN, 37212
A Life Celebration will be held 2:30pm, Saturday, May 13th. Visitation will be 1:30pm - 2:30pm at Harpeth Hills Funeral Home, 9090 Hwy 100 Nashville, TN, 372221 (615) 646-9292 FOR FULL STORY SEE harpethhills.com