Smyth County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Keyes, Benjamin Franklin  August 20, 1949
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Sept 22, 1949
September 22, 1949
B. F. Keyes 
Funeral service for Benjamin Franklin Keyes, 86, who died at his home in Rural 
Retreat last Tuesday, was held in th Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at 3 
o'clock.  The officiating ministers were Rev. J. C. Spurlin and Rev. G. W. 
Armbrister.  Mr. Keyes is survived by his wife, Laura Gregory Keyes, and the 
following children:  Mrs Sue Scott, Carven and C.B. Keyes of Portsmouth, Ohio, 
Fred Keyes, Columbus, Ohio, James and Edgar Keyes, Dundalk, MD., Mrs. Walter 
Rees, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Macon Clary, Emporia, Mrs. Fred Davis, Atkins, and 
Mrs. Earl Smith and Robert N. Keyes of Rural Retreat.  Thirty-seven 
grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren also survive.  Deceased is one daughter, 
Mrs. Harry Rees.  Mr. and Mrs. Keyes observed their 64th wedding anniversary on 
August 2 this year.
Iterment was in Mountain View Cemetery at Rural Retreat and was conducted by 
Mt. Airy Masonic Lodge No. 226, of which Mr. Keyes had been a member for 46 
years.  Active pallbearers were Fred Combs, B. L. Musser, Forrest C. B. 
Heldreth, H.h. Walters, Joe Staley, Glen R. Hull and D.r. Newman.



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