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Garner – “If I Stay” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre, 2014 – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Kelli Brianne Garner
Place of Birth: Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 11, 1984
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, smaller/distant amounts of Irish, French, Dutch, Welsh, and Native American
Kelli Garner is an American actress. She has appeared in the films Bully , Love Liza , The Aviator (2004), Man of the House (2005), Thumbsucker , Lars and the Real Girl , Normal Adolescent Behavior , G-Force , Horns , and Godzilla: King of the Monsters , on the shows Pan Am , Looking , and The Enemy Within , and in the made-for-tv movie The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe .
She was raised in Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks, California.
Kelli’s paternal grandfather was Ray Thed Garner (the son of Theodore Meldon Garner and Ethel Mae Tabor). Ray was born in McCamey, Texas, to parents from Arkansas, and had deep roots in the U.S. Theodore was the son of Wyatt Franklin Garner and Martha Elizabeth Bradford. Ethel was the daughter of Simon Peter Tabor, whose father was a minister, and of Lillie Bell Holliday.
Kelli’s paternal grandmother was Bettye Junell Emmons (the daughter of Amos Eugene Emmons and Ruby Jewell Macom). Bettye was born in Oklahoma, and had deep roots in the U.S. Her grandparents were all from Arkansas. Amos was the son of William Martin Emmons and Nancy Emma Ruddell. Ruby was the daughter of Leslie Grover Macom and Maudie Lee Hampton.
Kelli’s maternal grandfather was Joe David “Jody” Crosthwait (the son of Archie Dee Crosthwait and Elizabeth Missouri Ownbey). Jody was born in Stuart, Oklahoma. Archie was the son of Buchannan H. Crosthwait and Jane Hood Simpson. Elizabeth was the daughter of James Calvin Ownbey and Rosetta Jennie Markham.
Kelli’s maternal grandmother was Anita Marlene Nelson (the daughter of Charles Edwin Nelson and Virginia “Vurnia” Calley). Anita was born in Woodford, Oklahoma. Charles was the son of Edward Taylor Nelson and Hannah Eldorado Thornton. Virginia was the daughter of Elgin Roe Calley and Minnie Emily Wilkerson.
Sources: Genealogy of Kelli Garner – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Kelli’s paternal grandmother, Bettye Junell (Emmons) Garner – https://www.legacy.com