From obituaries kept in journal by Charles L. McElhaney:
James Frederick "Major" Keck of Huntsville, Arkansas, was born Feb. ~ 23, 1863, and died at the City Hospital, Fayetteville, Ark., June 25, 1945, age 82 years, 4 months 2 days. He was converted and baptized at a Methodist meeting, when a young man; afterwards the Methodist Church ceased to hold meetings at Witter, Ark. near his old home, he, then, joined to The Christian Union Church and remained a member to this Church.
Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Watson Funeral Home, with services conducted by Chas. L. McElhaney. Burial in the Witter Cemetery. Pallbearers were; Virgil and Orville Moore, Orville Davis, John McElhaney, and Andrew McFee. Surviving him are four children, viz; Mrs. Mary Moore, Mrs. Ella Burgess, Mrs. Lieuvina Shaw and Sidney (Sid) Keck. All were present at the funeral; also one brother, Dave Keck and two sisters, Mrs. Janie Frederick and Carie Wilson; 19 grandchildren and a large number of great grandchildren.
Madison County Record, June 28, 1945:
James Frederick (Major) Keck, age 82, died at the City Hospital, Fayetteville, on June -25, after several months of failing health and a hip injury which he suffered recently in a fall. Burial was made in the Witter
Cemetery Wednesday the service being conducted by Chas. L. McElhaney.
A brother, Rev. D. N. Keck of Fayetteville, made a short talk which was specially comforting to the relatives and friends present. The deceased was a native and lifelong resident of Madison County, Arkansas. He was converted at a Methodist meeting when a young man, united with that church and remained a member of same till the church ceased to hold services at Witter, when he became a member of the Christian Union Church and remained as such the remainder of his life.
Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Moore of Fort Smith; Mrs. Ella Burgess of Huntsville; and Louvina Shaw of Oklahoma City; one son, Sidney of Huntsville; the brother mentioned above and two sisters, Janie Frederick of Fayetteville and Carrie Wilson of Joplin, Missouri.
James Frederick "Major" Keck of Huntsville, Arkansas, was born Feb. ~ 23, 1863, and died at the City Hospital, Fayetteville, Ark., June 25, 1945, age 82 years, 4 months 2 days. He was converted and baptized at a Methodist meeting, when a young man; afterwards the Methodist Church ceased to hold meetings at Witter, Ark. near his old home, he, then, joined to The Christian Union Church and remained a member to this Church.
Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Watson Funeral Home, with services conducted by Chas. L. McElhaney. Burial in the Witter Cemetery. Pallbearers were; Virgil and Orville Moore, Orville Davis, John McElhaney, and Andrew McFee. Surviving him are four children, viz; Mrs. Mary Moore, Mrs. Ella Burgess, Mrs. Lieuvina Shaw and Sidney (Sid) Keck. All were present at the funeral; also one brother, Dave Keck and two sisters, Mrs. Janie Frederick and Carie Wilson; 19 grandchildren and a large number of great grandchildren.
Madison County Record, June 28, 1945:
James Frederick (Major) Keck, age 82, died at the City Hospital, Fayetteville, on June -25, after several months of failing health and a hip injury which he suffered recently in a fall. Burial was made in the Witter
Cemetery Wednesday the service being conducted by Chas. L. McElhaney.
A brother, Rev. D. N. Keck of Fayetteville, made a short talk which was specially comforting to the relatives and friends present. The deceased was a native and lifelong resident of Madison County, Arkansas. He was converted at a Methodist meeting when a young man, united with that church and remained a member of same till the church ceased to hold services at Witter, when he became a member of the Christian Union Church and remained as such the remainder of his life.
Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Moore of Fort Smith; Mrs. Ella Burgess of Huntsville; and Louvina Shaw of Oklahoma City; one son, Sidney of Huntsville; the brother mentioned above and two sisters, Janie Frederick of Fayetteville and Carrie Wilson of Joplin, Missouri.
From obituaries kept in journal by Charles L. McElhaney:
James Frederick "Major" Keck of Huntsville, Arkansas, was born Feb. ~ 23, 1863, and died at the City Hospital, Fayetteville, Ark., June 25, 1945, age 82 years, 4 months 2 days. He was converted and baptized at a Methodist meeting, when a young man; afterwards the Methodist Church ceased to hold meetings at Witter, Ark. near his old home, he, then, joined to The Christian Union Church and remained a member to this Church.
Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Watson Funeral Home, with services conducted by Chas. L. McElhaney. Burial in the Witter Cemetery. Pallbearers were; Virgil and Orville Moore, Orville Davis, John McElhaney, and Andrew McFee. Surviving him are four children, viz; Mrs. Mary Moore, Mrs. Ella Burgess, Mrs. Lieuvina Shaw and Sidney (Sid) Keck. All were present at the funeral; also one brother, Dave Keck and two sisters, Mrs. Janie Frederick and Carie Wilson; 19 grandchildren and a large number of great grandchildren.
Madison County Record, June 28, 1945:
James Frederick (Major) Keck, age 82, died at the City Hospital, Fayetteville, on June -25, after several months of failing health and a hip injury which he suffered recently in a fall. Burial was made in the Witter
Cemetery Wednesday the service being conducted by Chas. L. McElhaney.
A brother, Rev. D. N. Keck of Fayetteville, made a short talk which was specially comforting to the relatives and friends present. The deceased was a native and lifelong resident of Madison County, Arkansas. He was converted at a Methodist meeting when a young man, united with that church and remained a member of same till the church ceased to hold services at Witter, when he became a member of the Christian Union Church and remained as such the remainder of his life.
Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Moore of Fort Smith; Mrs. Ella Burgess of Huntsville; and Louvina Shaw of Oklahoma City; one son, Sidney of Huntsville; the brother mentioned above and two sisters, Janie Frederick of Fayetteville and Carrie Wilson of Joplin, Missouri.
James Frederick "Major" Keck of Huntsville, Arkansas, was born Feb. ~ 23, 1863, and died at the City Hospital, Fayetteville, Ark., June 25, 1945, age 82 years, 4 months 2 days. He was converted and baptized at a Methodist meeting, when a young man; afterwards the Methodist Church ceased to hold meetings at Witter, Ark. near his old home, he, then, joined to The Christian Union Church and remained a member to this Church.
Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Watson Funeral Home, with services conducted by Chas. L. McElhaney. Burial in the Witter Cemetery. Pallbearers were; Virgil and Orville Moore, Orville Davis, John McElhaney, and Andrew McFee. Surviving him are four children, viz; Mrs. Mary Moore, Mrs. Ella Burgess, Mrs. Lieuvina Shaw and Sidney (Sid) Keck. All were present at the funeral; also one brother, Dave Keck and two sisters, Mrs. Janie Frederick and Carie Wilson; 19 grandchildren and a large number of great grandchildren.
Madison County Record, June 28, 1945:
James Frederick (Major) Keck, age 82, died at the City Hospital, Fayetteville, on June -25, after several months of failing health and a hip injury which he suffered recently in a fall. Burial was made in the Witter
Cemetery Wednesday the service being conducted by Chas. L. McElhaney.
A brother, Rev. D. N. Keck of Fayetteville, made a short talk which was specially comforting to the relatives and friends present. The deceased was a native and lifelong resident of Madison County, Arkansas. He was converted at a Methodist meeting when a young man, united with that church and remained a member of same till the church ceased to hold services at Witter, when he became a member of the Christian Union Church and remained as such the remainder of his life.
Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Moore of Fort Smith; Mrs. Ella Burgess of Huntsville; and Louvina Shaw of Oklahoma City; one son, Sidney of Huntsville; the brother mentioned above and two sisters, Janie Frederick of Fayetteville and Carrie Wilson of Joplin, Missouri.
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