Rev. Dr. LeRoy Malcolm Keeney, 83, of St. Albans, died Wednesday, June 9, 2004.
He was retired as pastor of Highlawn Baptist Church, St., Albans, having served from 1949-1986. After retirement, he served as interim minister for First Baptist Church, Dunbar, Main Street, Baptist Church, Point Pleasant, and Calvary Baptist Church, Charleston.
He graduated from Charleston High School, attended Alderson-Broaddus College and received a bachelor of arts degree from Morris Harvey College, Charleston, in 1943. He graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1946 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Alderson-Broaddus College in 1973, where he served as a member of its board of trustees for over 10 years.
Rev. Keeney was called to Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans in January, 1949, following his first full-time pastorate in Grantsville, WV, which began after his graduation from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY in 1946. At that time, the newly-organized Highlawn congregation numbered 22. Thirty-seven years, 1,200 members, and untold numbers of baptisms, marriages, funerals, and sermons later, LeRoy retired at the beginning of 1986.
He served over 25 years as president of West Virginia Baptist Education Society and was a founder of St. Albans Ministerial Association and served as its president. He was a member of St. Albans Rotary Club, chairman of the first committee to develop the West Virginia Baptist Convention's Parchment Valley Conference Center in Ripley, and was a volunteer chaplain at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston.
On October 28, 1942, LeRoy was married to Theresa Kathleen Knapp. To this union were born Rebecca Mansell Keeney (9-5-1945 in Louisville, KY), now married to attorney John Campbell Palmer, and Stanley Davis Keeney (b.3-18-1951 at Charleston), married to Martha Ann Kopacz. Stanley is an engineer and Martha a teacher in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Also surviving are four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Wirt Harmon of Paris, Tennessee.
LeRoy's parents were Flem Davis & Ida Meadows Keeney; his grandparents were John S. & Hannah Frazee Keeney; his great grandparents were Stires Jade and Mildred Gatewood Keeney, all West Virginians.
Services were held at Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans with the Rev. Joe, Hyde and the Rev. Cyril Johnson officiating. He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston.
He was retired as pastor of Highlawn Baptist Church, St., Albans, having served from 1949-1986. After retirement, he served as interim minister for First Baptist Church, Dunbar, Main Street, Baptist Church, Point Pleasant, and Calvary Baptist Church, Charleston.
He graduated from Charleston High School, attended Alderson-Broaddus College and received a bachelor of arts degree from Morris Harvey College, Charleston, in 1943. He graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1946 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Alderson-Broaddus College in 1973, where he served as a member of its board of trustees for over 10 years.
Rev. Keeney was called to Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans in January, 1949, following his first full-time pastorate in Grantsville, WV, which began after his graduation from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY in 1946. At that time, the newly-organized Highlawn congregation numbered 22. Thirty-seven years, 1,200 members, and untold numbers of baptisms, marriages, funerals, and sermons later, LeRoy retired at the beginning of 1986.
He served over 25 years as president of West Virginia Baptist Education Society and was a founder of St. Albans Ministerial Association and served as its president. He was a member of St. Albans Rotary Club, chairman of the first committee to develop the West Virginia Baptist Convention's Parchment Valley Conference Center in Ripley, and was a volunteer chaplain at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston.
On October 28, 1942, LeRoy was married to Theresa Kathleen Knapp. To this union were born Rebecca Mansell Keeney (9-5-1945 in Louisville, KY), now married to attorney John Campbell Palmer, and Stanley Davis Keeney (b.3-18-1951 at Charleston), married to Martha Ann Kopacz. Stanley is an engineer and Martha a teacher in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Also surviving are four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Wirt Harmon of Paris, Tennessee.
LeRoy's parents were Flem Davis & Ida Meadows Keeney; his grandparents were John S. & Hannah Frazee Keeney; his great grandparents were Stires Jade and Mildred Gatewood Keeney, all West Virginians.
Services were held at Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans with the Rev. Joe, Hyde and the Rev. Cyril Johnson officiating. He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston.
Rev. Dr. LeRoy Malcolm Keeney, 83, of St. Albans, died Wednesday, June 9, 2004.
He was retired as pastor of Highlawn Baptist Church, St., Albans, having served from 1949-1986. After retirement, he served as interim minister for First Baptist Church, Dunbar, Main Street, Baptist Church, Point Pleasant, and Calvary Baptist Church, Charleston.
He graduated from Charleston High School, attended Alderson-Broaddus College and received a bachelor of arts degree from Morris Harvey College, Charleston, in 1943. He graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1946 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Alderson-Broaddus College in 1973, where he served as a member of its board of trustees for over 10 years.
Rev. Keeney was called to Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans in January, 1949, following his first full-time pastorate in Grantsville, WV, which began after his graduation from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY in 1946. At that time, the newly-organized Highlawn congregation numbered 22. Thirty-seven years, 1,200 members, and untold numbers of baptisms, marriages, funerals, and sermons later, LeRoy retired at the beginning of 1986.
He served over 25 years as president of West Virginia Baptist Education Society and was a founder of St. Albans Ministerial Association and served as its president. He was a member of St. Albans Rotary Club, chairman of the first committee to develop the West Virginia Baptist Convention's Parchment Valley Conference Center in Ripley, and was a volunteer chaplain at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston.
On October 28, 1942, LeRoy was married to Theresa Kathleen Knapp. To this union were born Rebecca Mansell Keeney (9-5-1945 in Louisville, KY), now married to attorney John Campbell Palmer, and Stanley Davis Keeney (b.3-18-1951 at Charleston), married to Martha Ann Kopacz. Stanley is an engineer and Martha a teacher in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Also surviving are four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Wirt Harmon of Paris, Tennessee.
LeRoy's parents were Flem Davis & Ida Meadows Keeney; his grandparents were John S. & Hannah Frazee Keeney; his great grandparents were Stires Jade and Mildred Gatewood Keeney, all West Virginians.
Services were held at Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans with the Rev. Joe, Hyde and the Rev. Cyril Johnson officiating. He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston.
He was retired as pastor of Highlawn Baptist Church, St., Albans, having served from 1949-1986. After retirement, he served as interim minister for First Baptist Church, Dunbar, Main Street, Baptist Church, Point Pleasant, and Calvary Baptist Church, Charleston.
He graduated from Charleston High School, attended Alderson-Broaddus College and received a bachelor of arts degree from Morris Harvey College, Charleston, in 1943. He graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1946 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Alderson-Broaddus College in 1973, where he served as a member of its board of trustees for over 10 years.
Rev. Keeney was called to Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans in January, 1949, following his first full-time pastorate in Grantsville, WV, which began after his graduation from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY in 1946. At that time, the newly-organized Highlawn congregation numbered 22. Thirty-seven years, 1,200 members, and untold numbers of baptisms, marriages, funerals, and sermons later, LeRoy retired at the beginning of 1986.
He served over 25 years as president of West Virginia Baptist Education Society and was a founder of St. Albans Ministerial Association and served as its president. He was a member of St. Albans Rotary Club, chairman of the first committee to develop the West Virginia Baptist Convention's Parchment Valley Conference Center in Ripley, and was a volunteer chaplain at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston.
On October 28, 1942, LeRoy was married to Theresa Kathleen Knapp. To this union were born Rebecca Mansell Keeney (9-5-1945 in Louisville, KY), now married to attorney John Campbell Palmer, and Stanley Davis Keeney (b.3-18-1951 at Charleston), married to Martha Ann Kopacz. Stanley is an engineer and Martha a teacher in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Also surviving are four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Wirt Harmon of Paris, Tennessee.
LeRoy's parents were Flem Davis & Ida Meadows Keeney; his grandparents were John S. & Hannah Frazee Keeney; his great grandparents were Stires Jade and Mildred Gatewood Keeney, all West Virginians.
Services were held at Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans with the Rev. Joe, Hyde and the Rev. Cyril Johnson officiating. He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston.
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