John H. Keeys
Feb. 6, 1882-Feb. 5, 1959
Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 7, 1959, 1942, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
John H. Keeys, 76, of 1645 Michigan Street, died at 4:59 p.m. Thursday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center, following five months of failing health.
Mr. Keeys, a retired office porter for the New York Central Railroad, was born Feb. 6 , 1882, in Uniontown, Ala., and came to Niles in 1943 from Sunflower, Miss. His wife, Pauline, preceded him in death in 1951.
Surviving are: six sons, Erskine Keeys, of Buffalo, N.Y., Central, Denver and Theora Keeys, all of Niles; Sgt. Verties Keeys, stationed at Fort Riley,Kan., and Airman 2C Garnetta Keeys, with the United States Navy in Hawaii; two daughters, Mrs. Nevada Morgan and Mrs. Mildred Gray, both of Niles; 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Mount Calvery Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. T. Hadley, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home beginning Saturday noon.