McNEER, Keith Wilson, M.D., 79, died suddenly, at home, on April 2, 2013. Dr. McNeer was the son of the late Reverend Asbury Augustus McNeer and Gertrude Sampson McNeer. He was predeceased by a brother, Dr. Paul Randolph McNeer. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Mary Jo Utt McNeer; son, Keith Kevin McNeer (Lana) of Moscow, Russia; brother, Asbury C. McNeer (Beverly); sister-in-law, Judy Stegall McNeer; brother-in-law, Tommy Utt (Carolynne); mother-in law, Elizabeth Hundley Utt of Hillsville, Va.; nephews, David, Stephen, John (Beth), and Robert (Melissa) McNeer, John Utt; and niece, Mary Elizabeth McGrath (Tom). Dr. McNeer received a B.S. degree from Randolph Macon College and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Virginia. After a residency in Ophthalmology at the MCV, he completed a fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology with Dr. Arthur Jampolsky in San Francisco, Calif., and devoted his research career to studying binocular vision problems in children. Through his scientific contributions, significant benefits will be received by untold numbers of future patients whom neither he nor we will ever know. He was a member of Reveille United Methodist Church, the Commonwealth Club, The Country Club of Virginia, the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco, and a charter member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. At the time of his death he was Clinical Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at Virginia Commonwealth University. Keith was an enthusiastic oil painter and aficionado of Wild West and American Indian lore, English literature, cigars, wine and cats. The family will receive visitors from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14 at Bliley's-Central, 3801 Augusta Ave. The graveside service will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Randolph Macon College or the C.M. Russell Museum.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
