In March 1918, Kelly Dairy Farms Co. was incorporated by Dudley R. Kelly and his sons, O. R. Kelly and Charles W. Kelly.
In 1931, Dudley R. Kelly started the Kelly (D R) Dairy Company at 511 West Maxwell. In 1935, the dairy was incorporated as Kelly Dairies Inc. In 1960, after Kelly’s death, his son Charles W. Kelly became President. The wholesale dairy closed in 1967 and the Kelly family opened the Kelly Jug Milk Store, at 458 Southland Drive, The store continued to sell milk products in glass bottles, when most dairies converted to plastic jugs. Around 1969, William L. Gault purchased the store and continued to operate the Southland Drive location until 1972.[i]
[i] Lexington City Directory 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940-41, 1942, 1943-44, 1945, 1947, 1948-49, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970 and 1972.
