Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


William Richard Keaton

William Richard Keaton, 75, of Fairfield, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018 in Fairfield.  
Funeral services were held 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2018 at Capps Memorial 
Chapel with Bro. Bubba Rutherford officiating.  Interment with military honors 
followed at Fairfield Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Glenn Harris, Donald Carroll, Stanley Gregory, Ricky Cannon, 
Bill Rutherford, Jerry Watkins, James Whatley and Fred Whiteside.

Richard was born October 24, 1942 in Teague to parents William Lee and Beatrice 
Dell Sanchez Keaton.  He served in the U.S. Army 1960 to 1963.  He was a heavy 
truck driver for many years in the oil field business and accumulated over 3 
million miles.  As a driver his CB handle was Ragman, a name known by many who 
knew him.

Although not an avid hunter and fisherman he enjoyed his memories of coon hunting 
as a young boy.  Richard loved his cows he owned and enjoyed watching them eat 
and petting them.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Mae Dell 
Whiteside and a half-sister, Margie Crisp.

Left to cherish his memory are his children, Kimberly Keaton of Fairfield; 
Russell Keaton and wife Karla of Fairfield; one sister, Marie Battles and husband 
Larry of Corsicana; six grandchildren, Justin Jones, Jeffrey Harvick and wife 
Tessa, Toby Jones, Cooper Cole, Katlin Keaton and Lauren Cole; three great-
grandchildren, Bailee Page, Brylan Jones and Ella Rae Harvick; two nieces, Amanda 
Whiteside Lee and Melissa Battles; two nephews, Wendell Whiteside and Larry 
Battles, Jr.