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Joseph Green Keele (Joe), was born December 28, 1878, in Bell County and died August 9, 1962, at Crosbyton, Texas. He is buried in Ralls Cemetery. Joe lived to be 84 years old. Joe Keele married Laura Elizabeth Oldham (Lizzie) in 1903 in Bell County. (Lizzie and Effie Oldham Keele were sisters).Joe Keele was a tall, darkheaded man, not fat, and resembled his brother Henry a lot. Lizzie Keele was a good person and everyone loved her. She was the one person in the family that knew enough about the family to give me information to get started on. Aunt Lizzie was diabetic and it caused her to be blind in later years.
Joe and Lizzie Keele lived in a number of places...Bell County, Ralls, Clyde, San Saba...to name a few. Joe was considered a farmer by trade. He and Lizzie were the parents of eight children; Joseph Lester, Lena Belle, Lawrence, Lloyd Franklin, Ruby Lee, Bulah Mae, Novina Jewel and Joseph G. Keele, Jr. Lawrence and Joe, Jr. died as infants.
Written by Kay Keele, submitted by Silena Perry
Family Group Sheet 6/8/2006 Submitted by Silena Perry Husband: Joseph Green KEELE Born 1: Dec 1878 Died: 09 Aug 1962 in: Crosbyton, Ralls,Texas Residence: 1910 in: 4 J-Pct, Coryell, Texas Marriage: 06 Aug 1901 in: Belton, Bell, TX, USA Father: Cullander KEELE Mother: Minervia Ellen POTTER Wife: Laura Elizabeth OLDHAM Born: 1886 Died: 06 Oct 1976 in: ERATH, Texas CHILDREN 1 M Child: Lester Keele Born: 02 Feb 1904 in: Belton, Bell County, Texas Died: 17 Mar 1973 in: Paramount CA Relationship with Father: Joseph Green Keele -Natural Relationship with Mother: Laura Elizabeth Oldham -Natural Residence: 1920 Justice Precinct 1, Crosby, Texas Wife: Opel Crocker Married: 31 Aug 1925 2 F Child: Lena Bell Keele Born: 25 Dec 1905 in: Belton, Bell County, Texas Died: Dec 1983 in: Raymond, Madera, California Relationship with Father: Joseph Green Keele -Natural Relationship with Mother: Laura Elizabeth Oldham -Natural Social Security Number: 465-22-7599 SSN issued: Texas Husband: Jes V Hazelwood 23 Jul 1922 Crosby, Texas 3 M Child: Lawrence Keele Born: 03 Feb 1908 in: Killeen, TX Died: 14 Jun 1912 in: Killeen, TX Relationship with Father: Joseph Green Keele -Natural Relationship with Mother: Laura Elizabeth Oldham -Natural Died as an infant, cause of death Hives and Heart Trouble 4 M Name: Loyd Keele Born: 14 Jun 1912 in: Killeen, TX Died: 05 Jul 1988 in: Hollywood, CA Residence: 1920 in: Justice Precinct 1, Crosby, Texas Married: 10 Aug 1945 in: San Francisco, CA Spouse: Laverne Bryant 5 F Name: Ruby Lee Keele Born: 02 Nov 1916 in: Silvester, Fisher,Texas Married: 05 Oct 1933 in: Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas Relationship with Father: Joseph Green Keele -Natural Relationship with Mother: Laura Elizabeth Oldham -Natural Spouse: Albion Smith Hazelwood 05 Oct 1933 Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas 6 F Name: Beulah Mae Keele Born: 26 May 1921 in: Crosby, Texas Died: 05 Aug 2000 in: Spur, Texas Relationship with Father: Joseph Green Keele -Natural Relationship with Mother: Laura Elizabeth Oldham -Natural Married: 14 Sep 1981 in: Crosby, Texas Spouse: Harlow A Yorganson Married: 29 Mar 1937 in: Clyde, Texas Spouse: Archie Rainbolt 7 F Name: Novenia Keele Born: Sep 1924 in: Crosby, Texas Relationship with Father: Joseph Green Keele -Natural Relationship with Mother: Laura Elizabeth Oldham -Natural Husband: Harold Neal 07 Mar 1942 Baird, Texas 8 M Name: Little Bro Jr Keele Born: 13 Nov 1926 in: Rall, Tx Crosby, County Died: 23 Feb 1927 in: Rall, Tx Crosby, County Relationship with Father: Joseph Green Keele -Natural Relationship with Mother: Laura Elizabeth Oldham -Natural
Last rites for Joseph Green Keele, 83, were held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Ralls Church of Christ with Dale Young, Spur, officiating. Burial was in Ralls Cemetery under direction of Carter Funeral Home.Keele died Thursday in Crosbyton Hospital. He was a retired farmer and had lived in the area since 1919.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Lester, Paramount, Calif.; and Loyd, North Hollywood, Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Lena Hazelwood, Lancaster, Calif. Mrs. Ruby Hazelwood, Floydada, Mrs. Beulah Mae Rainbolt, Roaring Springs, and Mrs. Novena Neal, Garden Grove, Calif.; two brothers, I. E. Keele, Ralls, and H. W. Keele, San Saba; 20 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jesse Hall, Doyle Berry, Leroy Ashley, Cecil Melton, Joe Lindsey and Guy Vaughan.
©Crosbyton Review, August 1962
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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