Obituary: Velma Keeton

Velma Keeton
Velma Keeton

Services for Velma Keeton, 94, Mesquite, formerly of Athens are scheduled for noon Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Carroll-Lehr Funeral Chapel with Rev. Frank Upchurch officiating.

Private burial will follow in Concord Cemetery near Zavalla in Angelina County.

Mrs. Keeton died May 16, 2013 in Mesquite.

She was born Sept. 25, 1918 in Fort Worth to the late Ezra and Mamie Kinsey Johnson. Mrs. Keeton was raised in Athens and moved away in 1942.

She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Lloyd Keeton in 1974.

Survivors include her son Jimmie R. Keeton, Mesquite; granddaughters, Cheri Deann Carr and husband Scott, Burleson, Tracy Marie Brock and husband Darin, Waco; great-grandchildren Lindsay, Courtney and Caleb Carr, Samuel and Owen Brock.

In lieu of flowers family requests memorials be made to Concord Cemetery, ATTN: Molina Courtney, 242 East Main, Zavalla Texas 75980.