May God bless you and your...
Thank you for giving your life so we can remain free.
Cathy Holmes
July 29, 2016 | Lancing, TN | Neighbor
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Bailey Keeton, Jr.
Apr 21, 1930 - Jun 20, 2016 (Age 86)
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The Keeton family lived in a log house on the Webb farm in the Pine Creek community, in Oneida, at the time Junior left home for the service. My sister and His sister, Violet, were really good friends. Mother is 107 yrs old and she talks about how she, daddy and my grandmother prayed with "Miss Keeton" when Junior left home and especially after the family learned he was MIA. She says they would pray several times daily for his safe return
and for God to take care of "Miss Keeton" and...
Etts Jane Webb Price
June 30, 2016 | Oneida, TN
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The Keeton family lived in a log house on the Webb farm in the Pine Creek community, in Oneida, at the time Junior left home for the service. My sister and His sister, Violet, were really good friends. Mother is 107 yrs old and she talks about how she, daddy and my grandmother prayed with "Miss Keeton" when Junior left home and especially after the family learned he was MIA. She says they would pray several times daily for his safe return
and for God to take care of "Miss Keeton" and...
Etts Jane Webb Price
June 30, 2016 | Oneida, TN
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Welcome Home
Jim and Laura Terry
June 29, 2016 | Oneida, TN
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I thank you for your service. You are a true hero.
Barbara Jo Haynes Cox
June 28, 2016 | Wartburg, TN
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Welcome Home Sgt Keeton !
Thank you for your service
Brenda Chitwood
June 26, 2016
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Welcome home brother
Jamie A. Christian, SFC, USA
June 26, 2016 | Fort Polk, LA
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Thank you for your service and may you now rest in peace.
Beth West Armstrong
June 26, 2016 | Oneida, TN
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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Thank you Sgt Keeton
June 25, 2016
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Obituaries
Bailey's Obituaries
Sgt. Bailey Keeton, Jr., age 20 at the time he was declared Missing in Action (MIA), was a member of the United States Army, Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed, on December 2, 1950, as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea. In a battle zone in North Korea known as the Chosin Reservoir, Sgt. Keeton's Company was brutally attacked by an overwhelming number of Chinese forces. He was presumed dead and listed as Killed in Action (KIA) on December 31, 1953. Sgt. Keeton's remains were recovered in a Joint Recovery Operation in 2004, and, after 66 years, will finally be coming home to Oneida, TN. His flight is scheduled to arrive at McGhee-Tyson Airport in Alcoa, TN, Thursday, June 23, 2016.Sgt. Keeton was awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.Born April 21, 1930, Sgt. Keeton was the son of the late Bailey Keeton, Sr., and Elsie Simpson Keeton. He is survived by four siblings: Violet Davis of Riverdale, GA, Doris Jean Thompson of Monticello, GA, Ronald "Ron" Keeton and fiancé Barbara Fuller of Helenwood, TN, and Arnold Keeton and wife Bonnie of Knox, IN. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives.Friends may visit with the Keeton Family on Saturday, June 25, 2016, from 10:30 a.m. until time of funeral service at 12:30 p.m. in the Chapel of West-Murley Funeral Home in Oneida, TN with Bro. Arnold Keeton officiating. Music will be provided by The Shepherd's Way Quartet.Graveside service will be held at the Hazel Valley Memorial Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. with full military honors provided by the U. S. Army Honor Guard from Fort Campbell, KY.West-Murley Funeral Home is serving the family of Sgt. Bailey Keeton, Jr.
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