Geneva Cox Keeney, 82, of Dismal Bluff Road, near Clinton, died Monday at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. She had been a patient in the coronary care unit for two weeks.

An Anderson County native, her parents were the late Sam and Rita Graham Cox. Mrs. Keeney's husband Irwin Keeney, died in 1986.

A homemaker, Mrs. Keeney had worked for many years as manager of the Mountain View Elementary School cafeteria before the school was closed.

She a member of Deep Springs Baptist Church.

A daughter said she enjoyed gardening, quilting and being with her family.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Vivian Carson, Mrs. David (Judy) Bolling and Mrs. Mike (Nancy) Stanford. all of Clinton; grandchildren, Janet Foust, Jackie Harris, Jamie Jones, David Bolling, Dane and Megan Stanford; great-grandchildren, Katie, Steven and Benjamin Jones and Kayla and Kelsey Foust; a sister, Sammie West of Clinton; a brother, Lee Cox of Knoxville; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Tuesday night at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Copeland and the Rev. Charles Harness officiating. Burial was Wednesday at Tennessee Valley Memory Gardens.

Source:
Clinton Courier News
21 Oct 1992