LORETTA KEITH

ADA-Services for Loretta Joyce Keith, 75, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Jim Robertson, Kent Kelso, and Ken Anderson will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mrs. Keith died Sunday, April 26, 2009 at her home. She was born September 29, 1933 at Choctaw, Oklahoma to George Melton and Opal Maddox McWaters. She attended Choctaw schools.

She married Rev. John W. Keith October 20, 1950 in Oklahoma City. He preceded her in death September 28, 1997. Mrs. Keith was a homemaker and a pastor's wife for 47 years associated with Evangelistic Temple. Mrs. Keith was a member of Life Community Church.

Survivors include two sons, Rev. Mickey Keith and wife Glenda, Ada, and David Keith and wife Brandy, Ada; one daughter, Debbie Messinger and husband David, Holdenville; a brother, Gary McWaters and wife Alice, Porum; eight grandchildren, Deanna Powell, Ada, Georgiana Sullivan and husband Scott, Ada, Heather Chaffin and husband Jared, Ada, Michael Keith and wife Amber, Ada, Riley Keith, Ada, Conner Keith, Ada, Dake Messinger and wife Lisa, Holdenville, and Derek Messinger and wife Heather, Ada; and four great grandchildren, Rachel Garrison, Adyson and Dallyn Sullivan, and Coen Chaffin.

Bearers will be her grandsons, Michael Keith, Riley Keith, Conner Keith, Dake Messinger, Derek Messinger, and Scott Sullivan.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada