- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- In loving memory of Ralph Willis Keyes, sunrise, August 6, 1918, sunset, October 13, 2011, October 18, 2011, 11:00 a.m., Hollywood Baptist Church, Powhatan, Virginia, Rev. Otis Lockhart, Jr., pastor, officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2011-10-18
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Virginia--Powhatan
Mourning customs--Virginia--Powhatan
Funeral service--Virginia--Powhatan
Genealogy
African American men--Virginia--Powhatan--History--21st century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Virginia--Powhatan--History--21st century
African Americans--Virginia--Powhatan--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Powhatan County, Powhatan, 37.54209, -77.91889
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Program for the October 18, 2011 funeral of Ralph Willis Keyes. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-K-L-0016
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_keyesralphwillis20111018
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_keyesralphwillis20111018
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of program], Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System System, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Original Collection:
- Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, Augusta, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
Glenn Bates Derrick Harris Michael Bates
PALLBEARERS Lorenzo Harris, Jr. Joseph Mayo Carl L. Brown
FLORAL BEARERS Family and Friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The cards you sent were lovely. The visits meant so much.
The flowers touched us dearly. We know thoughts came from your heart. Your kind words will always linger forever in our thoughts. The calls and prayers were special and we thank you with all our hearts. The Keyes Family
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special thanks to Karen Bell and our neighbors, Mike & Jamie
Walter, Jack & Bonnie Surma, and Brian & Dana Kieran for helping with the care of Ralph and the daily concerns and wonderful deeds you did for Ralph.
Professional Services Entrusted to:
MARIAN GRAY THOMAS FUNERAL HOME
64 Cartersville Road Cumberland, Virginia 23040 804.492.4855 www.mariangraythomasfuneralhome.com Loretha T. Thomas ~ Manager
In Loving Memory
of
Ratph Willis Keyes
Sunrise August 6 ,1 9 1 8
Sunset October IS , 2011
October 18, 2011 11:00 AM
Hollywood Baptist Church Powhatan, Virginia
Rev. Otis Lockhart, Jr., Pastor Officiating
Life Reflection
The days o f our years are three score and ten. It is soon cut off and wefly away. Palms 90:10
Ralph W. Keyes was bom in Aiken County, S.C. in 1918 to the late Peter and Lula Baskett Keyes. He entered into eternal rest on Thursday, October 13, 2011 in Richmond, Virginia.
Ralph was baptized at an early age at Old Storm Branch Baptist Church in S.C. and later joined 1st Mt. Mariah in Augusta, GA. When relocating to Powhatan, he joined Hollywood Baptist Church by Christian experience. He was united in marriage to Marjorie Branch in New York City. Their union lasted 63 years. In his early career, he welded battleships at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during WWII and ran underground communications lines through Alaska and Greenland. Ralph later became an entrepreneur who had many businesses including, master upholster in Augusta, Georgia and owned a hardware store and locksmith in Harlem, NY. Ralph retired in 1998.
Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Robert, and his siblings, Garfield, Rosa Lee, Marie and Essie. He leaves to cherish his memory: a loving and devoted wife, Marjorie; one daughter, Jacqueline o f New York; three grandchildren, Monica, Michael, and Charisse; nine great-grandchildren, all o f New York; three sistersin-law, Marion Miller o f New Haven, CT, Tessie (Floyd) Bates o f Powhatan and Thelma Branch o f Richmond, VA; devoted nieces, Margie Bates o f Alexandria, VA and Florine Bell o f Powhatan; and a host of nieces, nephews, one devoted, Victor Keyes, other relatives and friends.
Across the years I 've walked with you in deep greenforest, on shores o f sand and when our time on earth is through;
in heaven too, you will have my hand.
Love you forever - your wife.
A Family Prayer
Oft L o rd hegentle w ith him *Be m erciful a n d fin d
fo r he zvas loved so dearly tBy those he left 6ehind.
Stay ever Sy his side Sing sweetly in his ears S in d w hen he cries o f missing us Qently wipe away his tears.
S in d Lord, w hen w h a t w e've asfe d is done We pray our hearts you'l l touch
S in d let him fn o w we love him so S in d miss himju s t as much.
Lovingly Subm itted 6y the fam ily
The Order o f Celebration
The M usician.............................................. Deacon James Peter Bell The Processional..................................... Clergy, Family and Friends The Hymn of Consolation................................."Blessed Assurance" The Holy Scripture.................................. Old Testament: 23rd Psalm
Deacon Winfred Taylor New Testament: John 14:1-6
Rev. Lloyd Cosby The Prayer of Com fort.......................................................Rev. Cosby The Solo.............................................................. Deacon James Bell
"In The Garden " The Acknowledgements/Obituary........... Sister Margaret Manning The Solo.........................................................Minister Payton Hughes
"I Won't Complain " E ulogy.............................................................. Rev. Otis Lockhart, Jr. R ecessional........................................................."When He Calls Me"
Internment Branch Family Cemetery 5255 Old Buckingham Rd., Powhatan
