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Louis Keller Sr.

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Louis Keller Sr.

Birth
Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
15 May 2017 (aged 84)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.4196108, Longitude: -93.7856789
Plot
Veterans Field I South – Row 20
Memorial ID
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Louis Keller, Sr., 84, of Shreveport, LA passed away on May 15, 2017, after a long struggle from complications of a stroke.

Louis was born, September 25, 1932 in Vacherie, LA to the Noel and Luberta James Keller. Louis served in the United States Army. He became the first black Registrar of Voters in state of Louisiana since the Reconstruction Act; he served as Registrar in Orleans Parish for over 25 years. He loved writing, studying God’s word, gardening and spending quality time with his family and friends. Louis recently wrote an autobiography entitled, With God’s Daily Help, I Can Climb the Highest Mountain.

Preceding Louis in death are his parents, his wife of 53 years, Earline R. Keller; siblings, Bernard Keller, Noelie Bechnel, Armand Keller, Loretta Gross, Rosalie Joseph, Pauline Dumas, Johnny Keller, and Alvin Keller. Left to cherish Louis’s memory are his children, Mary K. Grubbs, Dwayne Keller and wife, Sheila, Darlene K. Alexander; grandchildren, Louis Keller, lll, Brandi Maxey and husband Micheal, Joseph Williams, Jr., Aaron Williams, Kenneth Grubbs, Jr. and wife, Kenyetta, Marcus Grubbs, Travis Grubbs, Arianna Keller, Dwayne A. Keller, Austin Alexander and Justin Alexander; eleven great-grandchildren; brothers, Gufield Keller, and Elix Keller Sr.; sister, Mary L. Allen; Sisters-in-Law, Audrey Keller and Equilla Keller.

The visitation will be Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Summer Grove Baptist Church from 10:00 a.m. until service time at 11:00 a.m., with Dr. Murry Hodge officiating, Interment will immediately follow at Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery, Shreveport, LA.

SHREVEPORT TIMES MAY 18, 2017.
Louis Keller, Sr., 84, of Shreveport, LA passed away on May 15, 2017, after a long struggle from complications of a stroke.

Louis was born, September 25, 1932 in Vacherie, LA to the Noel and Luberta James Keller. Louis served in the United States Army. He became the first black Registrar of Voters in state of Louisiana since the Reconstruction Act; he served as Registrar in Orleans Parish for over 25 years. He loved writing, studying God’s word, gardening and spending quality time with his family and friends. Louis recently wrote an autobiography entitled, With God’s Daily Help, I Can Climb the Highest Mountain.

Preceding Louis in death are his parents, his wife of 53 years, Earline R. Keller; siblings, Bernard Keller, Noelie Bechnel, Armand Keller, Loretta Gross, Rosalie Joseph, Pauline Dumas, Johnny Keller, and Alvin Keller. Left to cherish Louis’s memory are his children, Mary K. Grubbs, Dwayne Keller and wife, Sheila, Darlene K. Alexander; grandchildren, Louis Keller, lll, Brandi Maxey and husband Micheal, Joseph Williams, Jr., Aaron Williams, Kenneth Grubbs, Jr. and wife, Kenyetta, Marcus Grubbs, Travis Grubbs, Arianna Keller, Dwayne A. Keller, Austin Alexander and Justin Alexander; eleven great-grandchildren; brothers, Gufield Keller, and Elix Keller Sr.; sister, Mary L. Allen; Sisters-in-Law, Audrey Keller and Equilla Keller.

The visitation will be Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Summer Grove Baptist Church from 10:00 a.m. until service time at 11:00 a.m., with Dr. Murry Hodge officiating, Interment will immediately follow at Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery, Shreveport, LA.

SHREVEPORT TIMES MAY 18, 2017.


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