ELMER KEYS
SHAWNEE-Services for Elmer Lee Keys, 77, of Shawnee, formerly of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Bob Langston will officiate. Burial will follow at the Allen Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.
Mr. Keys died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at his home. He was born November 26, 1936 in Lindsay, Oklahoma to Owen Thomas and Della Thompson Keys. He attended Ada schools.
He married Norma Sue Hood on July 5, 1955. She preceded him in death on December 27, 2005. Mr. Keys was a self-employed carpenter and had been a truck driver for Flowers Oil Company. Mr. Keys had also been employed with Pontotoc County District #1. He was of the Baptist faith and had served in the U. S. Navy on the U.S.S. Blue. He participated in the Underwater Atomic Test "Operation Wigwam" in 1955. He was honorably discharged in November 1957.

Survivors include two daughters, Pam Jones and husband Darrell of Shawnee and Michelle Williams of Shawnee; three grandchildren, Justin Robertson, Thomas Keys and Keegan Williams; and five great grandchildren, Jesse and Justin Robertson, Nate and Nolan Keys, and Paisley Williams;.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Norma Sue Keys; and a son, Mickey Lee Keys; two sisters, Ruth Keys and Dorothy Hughes; and a brother, Leroy Keys.

Honorary bearers will be Carl Tackett, Jimmy Frederick, Burr Harris and Gary Starns.

Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada