Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Keen, Joseph Richard, 1952 
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JOSEPH RICHARD KEEN

Funeral services for Joseph Richard Keen, 71, a life-long resident of Nansemond 
County, who died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Wednesday night, January 16, 
were held at the grave in Poplar Spring Cemetery on Friday afternoon at 2:30 
o'clock.  Officiating were Revs. J. G. Lanning of the South Quay Baptist Church 
and Edwin C. Thornton of the Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

The pallbearers were H. C., H. M., J. F, R L. and S. O. Butler, Clyde Cutchins, 
Moody Gardner and R. L. Miles.

The deceased was the son of the late Benjamin F. Keen and Otelia Gardner Keen, 
and the husband of Mrs. Lizzie Butler Keen of Holland, who survives him.  Other 
survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Tenie Saunders of Carrsville; a son, J. B. Keen 
of Holland; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. 
Susie Brown of Virginia Beach. 


[Joseph Richard KEEN, d. 16 Jan 1952, age 71, obituary, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 25 Jan 1952] 

[file transcribed by Carol Stevens, 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]