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Submitted: 4/20/20 • Approved: 4/20/20 • Last Updated: 4/23/20 • R301994-G301994-S3
Jack Clay (J.C.)
August 25, 1920-June 24, 1997
Please see military marker
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend
Margaret Alawayne
July 30, 1921-February 4, 2006
Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother
*Obituary for Jack
Services for Jack C. Keen, 76, of Andrews, Texas, will be held at 10a.m. Friday at Means Memorial United Methodist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Jim Terry, pastor of Means Memorial United Methodist Church, the Rev. Cindy Ballard, pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church, and Dr. Brian Gordon. Burial will follow in the Andrews North Cemetery under the direction of McNett Funeral Home. Mr. Keen died at Permian General Hospital in Andrews at 12: 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 24.
He was born in Spur, Texas, Aug. 25, 1920. He lived in Odessa, Texas, before moving to Andrews in 1956. He married Alawayne Atchison on June 18, 1941, at Dickens, Texas. Mr. Keen attended Texas Tech and served in the Navy in World War II. He was a charter member of the Wesley United Methodist Church in Andrews: chairman of the board of Western New Mexico Telephone Co., chairman of the board of Lynch Telecommunications; president of the National Rural Telephone Association; and on the board of directors of AmBank in Silver City. He was a past director of the Andrews Commercial State Bank, a member of the Masonic Lodge, past member of the Lions Club, and had been active with the Boy Scouts.
Survivors include his wife, Alawayne, of Levelland, Texas; his sons, John Clay Keen of Greenville, Texas, and Jack Wayne Keen of Silver City; his daughters, Loyce Roberts of Andrews, Mary Beth Baxter of Silver City, and Sunny Brewster of Silver City; a special friend, Janie Robertson of Andrews; a stepson, Phillip Robertson of Midland, Texas; a stepdaughter, Karen Reed of Denver City, Texas; 10? Grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. www.mcnettfuneralhome.com
*Obituary for Margaret Alawayne
Services for Alawayne Keen, 84 of Andrews, will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, February 7, 2006 in Means Memorial United Methodist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Rick Doyle pastor, and Rev. Bryan Johnson, Chaplain with Home Hospice. Burial will follow in the Andrews North Cemetery under the direction of McNett Funeral Home. Alawayne died Saturday in Andrews after a lengthy illness.
Alawayne was born to John T. Atchison and Mabel Sunshine Haynie Atchison on July 30, 1921 at Stanton, Texas. She graduated for Pecos High School where she was active in the track program earning many awards. She attended Texas Tech where she met Jack Clay Keen, they were married on June 18, 1942 in Lubbock, Texas. She was active in Cub Scouts as a Den Mother, she was also a Girl Scout leader. Alawayne was a member of the Means Memorial United Methodist Church and had been a Sunday school teacher and had been active with the United Methodist Women’s. She had been a member of the Eastern Star, Permian Regional Medical Center auxiliary also known as the Pink Ladies. She loved to play golf and loved her many friends and her family.
Survivors include, daughters, Loyce Roberts, Andrews, Mary Beth Baxter, Cliff, New Mexico, Sunny Lynn Brewster, Silver City, New Mexico, sons, John Clay Keen and Jack Wayne Keen both of Silver City, New Mexico, eleven grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Her husband Jack preceded her in death on June 24, 1997, her parents and a brother Thomas Carl Atchison also preceded her in death.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at McNett Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Home Hospice, 803 North Main, Andrews, Texas 79714. www.mcnettfuneralhome.com
Contributed on 4/20/20 by neldapat
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