HOLLANDALE - Funeral services for Bennie Charles Keith Sr., 71, of Hollandale, a retired deputy sheriff, will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Hollandale Baptist Church, Hollandale. He died of heart failure Nov. 26, 2002, at his home. Burial will be in Hollandale Cemetery under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Hollandale.
Mr. Keith was born April 11, 1931, in Hollandale, Miss., and graduated from Hollandale public schools in 1950. In 1950, he married Rose Katherine "Kitty" Harper. They celebrated their 52nd anniversary on November 5th. He was a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Department, retiring after 40 years of service. He served the community under five different sheriffs. He was a member of the Hollandale Baptist Church, and he was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Katherine Keith of Hollandale; two daughters, Gail Long and Donna Wade, both of Hollandale; two sons, Bennie Keith Jr. of Starkville and Harper Louis Keith of Hollandale; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home chapel, Hollandale.
Published in The Delta Democrat Times, November 27, 2002
Mr. Keith was born April 11, 1931, in Hollandale, Miss., and graduated from Hollandale public schools in 1950. In 1950, he married Rose Katherine "Kitty" Harper. They celebrated their 52nd anniversary on November 5th. He was a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Department, retiring after 40 years of service. He served the community under five different sheriffs. He was a member of the Hollandale Baptist Church, and he was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Katherine Keith of Hollandale; two daughters, Gail Long and Donna Wade, both of Hollandale; two sons, Bennie Keith Jr. of Starkville and Harper Louis Keith of Hollandale; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home chapel, Hollandale.
Published in The Delta Democrat Times, November 27, 2002
HOLLANDALE - Funeral services for Bennie Charles Keith Sr., 71, of Hollandale, a retired deputy sheriff, will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Hollandale Baptist Church, Hollandale. He died of heart failure Nov. 26, 2002, at his home. Burial will be in Hollandale Cemetery under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Hollandale.
Mr. Keith was born April 11, 1931, in Hollandale, Miss., and graduated from Hollandale public schools in 1950. In 1950, he married Rose Katherine "Kitty" Harper. They celebrated their 52nd anniversary on November 5th. He was a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Department, retiring after 40 years of service. He served the community under five different sheriffs. He was a member of the Hollandale Baptist Church, and he was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Katherine Keith of Hollandale; two daughters, Gail Long and Donna Wade, both of Hollandale; two sons, Bennie Keith Jr. of Starkville and Harper Louis Keith of Hollandale; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home chapel, Hollandale.
Published in The Delta Democrat Times, November 27, 2002
Mr. Keith was born April 11, 1931, in Hollandale, Miss., and graduated from Hollandale public schools in 1950. In 1950, he married Rose Katherine "Kitty" Harper. They celebrated their 52nd anniversary on November 5th. He was a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Department, retiring after 40 years of service. He served the community under five different sheriffs. He was a member of the Hollandale Baptist Church, and he was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Katherine Keith of Hollandale; two daughters, Gail Long and Donna Wade, both of Hollandale; two sons, Bennie Keith Jr. of Starkville and Harper Louis Keith of Hollandale; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home chapel, Hollandale.
Published in The Delta Democrat Times, November 27, 2002
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