General Notes

Travis Keahey Sr. Travis C. Keahey Sr., 88, of Fayetteville, died April 10, 2000, at his home. He was born January 12, 1912, at Garnett (Lincoln County), a son of the late Benjamin Franklin Keahey I and Georgie Leonard Keahey. He graduated from Dumas High School and attended the Monticello A&M (now the University of Arkansas at Monticello) and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He was a 32nd-Degree Mason, member of Lafayette Chapter 7, Royal Arch Masons at Pine Bluff, and a member of the Scottish Rite, York Rite, Knights of the Commandery and a Shriner. He was a self-employed business man, operating a Gulf service station. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church at Dumas. He was preceded in death by two wives, Noveline Westbrook Keahey and Wanda Walker Keahey; and a grandson. Survivors include three sons, Ben F. Keahey of Fayetteville, Travis C. Keahey Jr. of Placerville, California, and George W. Keahey of Plano, Texas; two daughters, Martha K. Pierce of Springdale and Margaret K. Harrelson of Fayetteville; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery by Nelson's Funeral Home at Fayetteville. Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church at Dumas or the Desha County Museum Society.

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