From Tribune Staff Reports,
TRUSSVILLE, Ala – Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at designated locations across several area cities for the upcoming municipal elections.
In Trussville, voters may cast ballots at five locations: Trussville City Hall (Municipal Building), Trussville Civic Center, First Baptist Church, Faith Community Fellowship and Northpark Baptist Church.
The City Hall Annex will serve as the polling place in Leeds, while Springville residents will vote at Springville City Hall. Argo voters will head to the Argo Municipal Building, and Irondale voters will cast ballots at Irondale City Hall.
The Clay Community Center will be the polling location for Clay, while Center Point residents will vote at Center Point City Hall. In Pinson, the Rock School Center will be used as the polling site.
Moody voters will cast ballots at the Moody Civic Center.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at all locations.
Alabama law requires voters to present a valid photo ID at the polls. Acceptable forms include an Alabama driver’s license, Alabama photo voter ID card, or a government-issued photo ID.
She was preceded in Death by her parents George Elijah Payne, Mary Walden Payne and her husband Bobby Earl Lepper. Survived by her son Bobby Payne Lepper (Kay), grandsons Matthew Logan Lepper (Shannon) and Benjamin Payne Lepper (Zuri) and her three great grandchildren Louie, Lincoln and Harper Kay.
Jelly was born in South Carolina while her parents were vacationing. She lived with her parents on a farm in Georgetown, Kentucky until she was five. When the US entered the second world war, Jelly’s parents took factory jobs in Detroit where they each alternated watching over Jelly and working shifts manufacturing tanks and ammunition. Jelly was nine years old when the war ended, and the family headed south to Birmingham, Alabama.
While working in a soda shop, Jelly met Bobby Earl Lepper. She later told us she had been very impressed by the amount of hamburgers he could eat—we guessed it was his way to get extra time with Jelly while she was working. Not long after she graduated Tarrant High School, Jelly and Bobby got married. In the Birmingham area, they would begin to grow roots that would last a lifetime.
In the late 50s, Jelly was using cutting edge technology of the time in the workplace. She knew how to climb into and repair those enormous “punch card” computers which used to take up entire rooms. She chose to put her career on hold to become a full-time mother to her and Bobby Earl’s only son, Bobby Payne. Her choice would affect many lives though she had no way of knowing at the time.
As a lifelong member of the Trussville Methodist Church, Jelly led the program “Meals on Wheels” which helped people who could not easily get groceries for themselves. Jelly focused on giving to others, and she did not focus on herself. She gave what she could to people who were in a time of need. For people who were not in any real need, she gave them what she thought would brighten their day—leaving a poinsettia on a friend’s porch or buying a coffee for a person she did not even know.
We will always remember the gifts that Jelly gave us, even if we never got a flower pot or a coffee. Her best gift was showing us how she chose to live, and it may take us all a lifetime to really understand how wonderful that gift is. Now, she is with Jesus, Bobby and her parents once again. She is likely speaking with new friends in Heaven already, looking for a way to surprise them with a gift. For us still on Earth, we will continue to remember and learn from Jelly’s life, and we will do our best to share with the world what we learned from her.
Visitation will be on August 27th from 5 – 7PM at Ridout’s in Trussville. The Graveside service will be on August 28th at 10AM Jefferson Memorial Gardens in Trussville. A meal will follow the Graveside service in the Fellowship Hall of Trussville Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to First Methodist Church Trussville.