Edward Wendall Kelly (born 27 December 1880 in Mexia, Texas) was an American bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1944.
Nearby attractions include Fort Parker Historical recreation, the Confederate Reunion grounds, and Mexia State Supported Living Center (formerly Mexia State School), which began as a prisoner of war camp for members of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps during World War II.
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In the early 1920s, at the time of the discovery of Powell oil field in eastern Navarro County, Texas, and the nearby Mexia field in Limestone County, he formed a rewarding partnership with R.L. Wheelock in Corsicana, Texas.
Mexía's son Enrique Guillermo Antonio Mexía became a Mexican soldier and diplomat; his granddaughter Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexía was a botanist and explorer.
KLRK, a radio station (1590 AM) licensed to Mexia, Texas, which held the call sign KRQX from 1987 to 2010
Born in Mexia, a small city in Central Texas' Limestone County, William B. Murphy was 41 when his name first appeared in film credits as co-editor (with Richard Cahoon) of the independently-produced 1949 B-western, Massacre River, released by United Artists.