Ada Louise Morris Keyes

Ada Louise Morris Keyes

Ada Keyes Obituary

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch on Jan. 17, 2009.
KEYES, Ada Louise Morris, 91, of Barboursville, W.Va., passed away Thursday, January 15, 2009. Services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 18, 2009 at the White Chapel Memorial Gardens Mausoleum by Dr. Jerry Harrah. She was born January 25, 1917, in Huntington, W.Va., a daughter of the late Hugh M. Morris and Hattie Sturm Morris. She was a graduate of Marshall College, taught school for 20 years at Barboursville Elementary School, and was a member of Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry "Bud" Keyes; and two brothers, Fred Morris and Eugene Morris. She is survived by two daughters, Pam Heaton and her husband, Jim, of Johnson City, Tenn., and Kaye Keyes of Richmond, Va; three grandchildren, Tiffany Strasser (Nick), Lori DeVault (Gerald) and Jamee Roberts; five great-grandchildren, Jack, Max and Hank DeVault, Josie Roberts and Summer Strasser; her caregivers, who the family would like to thank, Amy Clark, Sharon Bledsoe, Crystal St. Clair, Kelly Marcum, Trella Harmon and Connie Young; and special friends, Hunter and Phyllis Stanley. There will be no visitation. Memorial contributions may be made to Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church or to Hospice of Huntington, P.O. Box 464, Huntington, W.Va.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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