Rachel Keen Sweeten

Rachel Keen Sweeten, 93, of Raven, Va., passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at a Richlands, Va., hospital. Born on February 12, 1916, in Buchanan County, Va. She was the daughter of the late Robert Joseph and Lou Alice Hagy Looney. She was a charter member of Souls Harbor Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Hufford Keen; her second husband, Henry Sweeten; two brothers, Brady Looney and Theodore Looney; one sister, Faye Aldhizer; son-in-law, Donald Burke; daughter-in-law, Ina Keen; and grandson, Samuel Burke. She is survived by two daughters, Betty Burke, of Bristol, Va., and Sylvia Ratliff and husband, Ben, of Cedar Bluff; three sons, Jack Keen and wife, Dot, of Lebanon, Benny Keen, of Bristol, Tenn., and Robert Keen and wife, Faye, of Salem; special daughter of the heart, Sherry (Big Baby) Smith, of the home; one sister, Monnie Wilson, of Austin, Texas; 10 grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren; and special friends, Jessie Street and Pam Robinette. Funeral services will be conducted 8 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Singleton Funeral Service Chapel at Cedar Bluff, Va., with the Rev. Jack Keen officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. A private entombment will follow at the Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum at Claypool Hill, Va. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. T. Patel and grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Benevolent Fund of Souls Harbor Church, P.O. Box 500, Rosedale, Va. 24280. Online condolences may be sent to the family by going to www.SingletonFuneralService.com