Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Keeter, Edward A., 1950 

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EDWARD ALTON KEETER

   Edward Alton Keeter, 57, a well-known farmer of the Franklin community 
residing in Isle of Wight County, died early Tuesday morning, June 13, at 
McGuire General Hospital, Richmond, after a short illness.

   A veteran of World War I, he was the son of the late Oliver and Mrs. Maggie 
Morris Keeter of Franklin.  He was a member of the Franklin Congregational 
Christian Church.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lelia Brock Keeter of Franklin; two sons, 
Frank R. Keeter of Franklin; and Pvt. Edward D. Keeter, USMC, stationed at 
Camp Lejeune, N.C.; four brothers, Willie F., Charlie and Philip Keeter, all 
of Franklin, and Marvin Keeter of Trenton, N.J.; two sisters, Mrs. Otis Lamb, 
also of Trenton, and Mrs. Hazel Franklin of Seattle, Wash.; and several nieces 
and nephews.

   Services for Mr. Keeter were conducted at the grave in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock by his pastor, Rev. W.A. Grissom. 
Pallbearers were Robert Rideout, Albert Wartlaw, Floyd Wall, Jr., Claudia 
Wall, J.T. Joyner, Gardner Cobb, Fenton Cobb and Joseph Fowler.


"Eddie" Edward Alter KEETER, of Isle of Wight Co., 
   Franklin-area farmer, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 8 Feb 1893, Halifax Co., NC, d. 13 Jun 1950, Richmond, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 78A*), Franklin, 
   15 Jun 1950, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 16, 1950, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110555230. 

D.Cert. 13975 (Manchester #112) 

His widow's obit ("Smithfield Times," May 5, 1993, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k360l1ob.txt 

His father & step-mother are buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church 
   Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-54), another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #42: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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