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Raymond
Keys
Raymond
Keys, 93, of Lincoln, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000, in
Lincoln.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 25, 2000, at First
United Methodist Church of Lincoln, with the Rev. Larry Maffett
officiating.
Visitation
will be Sunday, Sept. 24, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Holland & Barry
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Keys
was retired from Lincoln Savings & Loan, where he had worked for
46 years. He was on the management team, serving as secretary and
treasurer.
He
was born March 10, 1907, at Beason to Garfield and Artie M. (Jones)
Keys. He married Bessie M. Brandt on Feb. 17, 1933, in Springfield.
She died July 28, 1987.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. James (Marian) "Tootie" Poe of
Bloomington and Mrs. Eugene (Bonnie) Thompson of St. Simon’s
Island, Ga.; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one
brother, Jimmy Keys of Yellville, Ark.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two brothers, John
and Bill Keys; and one granddaughter, Nicole Carlin.
He
was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln and of
the Lincoln Kiwanis Club.
A
friend from the Kiwanis Club, Jack Bartelmay, who knew Raymond Keys
for 37 years, said that he was always first to volunteer and was
always "a complete gentleman."
Keys
was the Courier Man of the Month in October 1974.
He
was a graduate of Lincoln Community High School and Lincoln Business
College.
Memorials
may be made to Lincoln Public Library or the donor’s choice.
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