Jimmy Lilburn Keck

1928 - 2004

Jimmy Lilburn Keck, 76, passed away Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, in Nocona.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday at Bethel Baptist Church, with Buddy Lee and Tommy Lamascus officiating. Interment will follow in Eagle Point Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Baptist Church.

Casketbearers: Staley Keck, Rusty Henley, Trent Skinner, Shawn Davis, Chris Trumbull, Heathe Heller and Danny Fitts.

Honorary pallbearers: Paul LaMar, Jerry Johnson, Don Sewell, Condell Lowrie, Bob Brasher, Duane Stallcup, Jim Putnam, James Luton, Joe Staley, Max Weatherly, Tom Uselton, James Billings, Don Armstrong, Kenneth Nelson, Dan Fenoglio, Jodie Howard, Tim Wade and Scott Hamilton.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Nocona Rural Fire Department, P.O. Box 55, Nocona 76255 or Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, Md. 20814 (1-800-FIGHT CF).

Jim was born Aug. 5, 1928, in Nocona to Jodie and Hazel Roberts Keck. He married Shirley Griffith Aug. 27, 1950, in Nocona. He served his country in the Army from 1950 to 1952. Jim was an oil field pumper for Walsh & Watts Oil Co. for 35 years.

Jim was a faithful member and deacon of Bethel Baptist Church for 46 years. He was a founding member of the Nocona Rural Fire Department and a member of the Nocona City Fire Department for 10 years.

Jim belonged to Masonic Lodge 753 and was a 33rd-degree Mason. He was a district deputy Grand Master of the 86th District of the Grand Lodge of Texas.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Jodie and Hazel Keck; and granddaughter, Jordon Chris Keck.

Survivors: Wife, Shirley Keck of Nocona; sons, Jim L. Keck and his wife, Darla of Nocona and Robert Chris Keck and his wife, Sharon of Nocona; daughters, Rebecca Henley and her husband, Billy of Nocona and Jodye Skinner and her husband, Tom of Nocona; grandchildren, Shelby Henley Trumbull and her husband, Chris of Saginaw, Colby Henley Davis and her husband, Shawn of Saginaw, Staley Keck and his wife, Lila of Nocona, Staci Heller and her husband, Heathe of Haslet, Rusty Howard Henley of Nocona, Trent Skinner of Nocona, Jana and Madison Keck of Nocona; great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Trumbull, Grayson Trumbull Henley Davis and Samuel Davis; and his sister, Helen Young of Nocona.