<Tr> <Th> Home town </Th> <Td> Atlanta, Georgia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Carolyn Dowling (m . 1945; his death 1999) </Td> </Tr> <P> Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920--June 11, 1999), known to colleagues as "Dee", was an American actor, screenwriter, poet and singer known for his roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek . </P> <P> Kelley was delivered by his uncle at his parents' home in Toccoa, Georgia, the son of Clora (née Casey) and Ernest David Kelley, who was a Baptist minister . DeForest was named after the pioneering electronics engineer Lee de Forest . He later named his Star Trek character's father "David" after his own father . Kelley had an older brother, Ernest Casey Kelley . Kelley was immersed in his father's mission in Conyers and told his father that failure would mean "wreck and ruin". Before the end of his first year at Conyers, Kelley was regularly putting to use his musical talents and often sang solo in morning church services . Eventually, this led to an appearance on the radio station WSB AM in Atlanta . As a result of Kelley's radio work, he won an engagement with Lew Forbes and his orchestra at the Paramount Theater . </P>

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