Virginia Cassidy Kelley (June 6, 1923 – January 6, 1994), born Virginia Dell Cassidy, was the mother of former United States president Bill Clinton and his half-brother Roger Clinton, Jr. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining // 1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice 1513... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 359 days (360 in leap years) remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Roger C. Clinton, Jr. ...

She was born in Hope, Arkansas, and was the daughter of James Eldridge Cassidy, the town iceman (later a grocer), and Edith Cassidy (nee Grisham), a nurse anesthetist. During her high school years she worked as a waitress at a local restaurant. Following graduation from high school, she moved to Shreveport, Louisiana to study nursing. During her training in Shreveport, she met her first husband, William Jefferson Blythe Jr., whom she married in a civil ceremony in 1943, just before he shipped out for World War II military duty. Upon completion of her training, she returned to Hope. When her husband was discharged, he picked her up and they moved for four months to Chicago, Illinois. Hope is a small city located in Hempstead County, Arkansas. ... Nickname: Port City, Ratchet City, River City Motto: City of Shreveport 1836 Location in the state of Louisiana. ... Image:William Jefferson Blythe Jr. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Combatants Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

At the end of this, she moved back to her parents while she and Bill were in the process of getting a new home in the Hope area. It was while Bill was on his way back to Hope that he was killed in an automobile accident, three months before the future President's birth. In 1950, she married Roger Clinton, Sr., the biological father of her second son. (The future President officially took his stepfather's surname in the early 1960s.) They divorced in 1961, but remarried a few months later. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Roger C. Clinton, Sr. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

Following Roger's death from cancer in 1967, she married hairdresser Jeff Dwire in 1969; he subsequently died of complications of diabetes in 1974. On January 17, 1982, she married Richard Kelley, an executive at a food distribution brokerage firm. Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Jeff Dwire (d. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Their marriage lasted until her death from complications of breast cancer, aged 70, at her home in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She is buried alongside her first husband at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hope, Arkansas. Richard Kelley died on January 31, 2007, at age 91. President Clinton attended the funeral. Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ... Hot Springs is a city in Garland County, Arkansas in the United States of America. ... Hope is a small city located in Hempstead County, Arkansas. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

References

Clinton, Bill My Life, Knopf (June 22, 2004). ISBN 0-375-41457-6

External links

• Family Tree
• Washington Post Obituary
• Virginia Clinton Kelley at the Internet Movie Database
• Virginia Clinton Kelley Breast Cancer fund
• Virginia Clinton Kelley at Findagrave.com