Wilkie K. Keith, 87, of Oliver Springs, died Thursday at the Methodist Medical Center after a brief illness.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Laura Ellen Keith; parents, W.T. sr. and Annie Keith and a daughter, Mary E. Alcorn.

Mr. Keith was retired from Union Carbide Corp., where he had worked for 18 years. He was a former member of the New Hope Baptist Church of Oak Ridge, where he served as a deacon.

Survivors include daughters, Annie Fortner of Oliver Springs and Helen Taylor of Clinton; eight grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; brothers, Wilkie Keith of Corryton and Carl Keith of Powell; sisters, Ruth Pyatt of Clinton and Ann Tabler of Corryton.

Services were held Saturday night in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Charles Parker officiating. Burial will be at 2 pm Sunday at Tennessee Valley Memorial Gardens.

Source:
Clinton Courier News
18/19 Oct. 1992