Obituaries:  G. Kearnie Keegan, Sabine Parish       K-250
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 23, 1960
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Dr. G. Kearnie Keegan

  Dr. G. Kearnie Keegan, 53, of Nashville, Tenn., head of Southern
Baptist Convention student work, died last Tuesday, and his
funeral was Friday at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church,
Nashville, Tenn.

  Dr. Keegan, whose death came unexpectedly, was secretary of the
SBC student department. He suffered a heart attack Tuesday night
in St. Louis as he was about to board a plane.

  He was well known for his work with the Louisiana Baptist
Convention. He had held various positions with the SBC, and was a
member of the executive board of both the Louisiana and Texas
Baptist Conventions, as well as a member of the board of trustees
of the East Texas Baptist College, Marshall.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Keegan; and a daughter, Miss
Kay Keegan, both of Nashville.

  Born in Bunkie, Dr. Keegan and his family moved to Natchitoches,
where he attended, and was graduated from Northwestern. He began
his professional career as a teacher at Many High School, and
during the summers, traveled throughout Louisiana, directing
music for evangelistic crusades and Baptist encampments. As a
talented pianist and soloist, Dr. Keegan has recordings for
several recording companies.

  Pulpits he has served include Natchitoches, Alexandria, Fort
Worth, and Longview, Tex., and Los Angeles, Calif., to mention a
few.

  He received his master's degree from Southwestern Seminary in
Fort Worth.

  In 1935, he became Sunday School Training Union and Baptist
Student Union Secretary for the Louisiana State Baptist
Convention.

  He has also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the
Southern Baptist Convention, member of the board of trustees,
East Texas Baptist College, president of the Southwestern
Seminary Alumni Assn., executive vice president, and acting
president of California Baptist Theological Seminary, president
of the board of directors for Children's Baptist Home Mission
Society.

  In 1945, he received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from
Howard Payne College, Brownwood, Tex.

  He became secretary of Southern Baptist student work in 1959. He
was later elected chairman of the Administrative Committee of the
Baptist World Alliance.