Southampton-Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Keen, Elizabeth M. Butler, 1955 

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ELIZABETH M. BUTLER KEEN 

   Mrs. Elizabeth M. Butler Keen a well-known resident of the South Quay 
community, died late Wednesday night, October 12, at her home after a short 
illness.

   She was the widow of Joseph Richard Keen, and a daughter of the late David 
L. and Missouri Edwards Butler of Isle of Wight County.  She was a member of 
Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   Surviving are one son, Joseph Benjamin Keen of Holland; a daughter, Mrs. 
Tena Saunders of Carrsville; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and 
one half-sister, Mrs. Linwood Howell of Franklin.

   Funeral services will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the graveside in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery, Franklin, with Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, pastor of Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church, officiating.


Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" (BUTLER; Mrs. Joseph R.) KEEN, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 12 Oct 1955, at home, South Quay, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section A, Plot 7*), Franklin, 
   14 Oct 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 13, 1955, Sect. I, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 25, 1952, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k500j1ob.txt 


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