NAME: EDWARD WILLIAM KEELER, AGE 67, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, FORMERLY OF ATOKA. BORN: JULY 16, 1929 AT PARIS, TEXAS TO JAMES WESLEY AND CLIDDIE OLA (NEWSOM) KEELER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1997 AT VETERAN'S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 67 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE AND FORREST HILL, OK. MARRIED: RUTHIE L. HENDERSON ON FEBRUARY 23, 1950 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND RETIRED IN 1987. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN, ATOKA. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM JANUARY, 1948 TO JANUARY, 1950. SURVIVED BY WIFE: RUTHIE KEELER OF THE HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY. DAUGHTERS: JOYCE BALBANTIN AND HUSBAND PABLO OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARGIE FLORES AND HUSBAND ARMANDO OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SONS: GARRY KEELER OF CANEY, OK. LARRY KEELER AND WIFE CARLA OF BENTLEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MELISSA, NATHAN, TREVOR, TRAVIS, LETICIA, PABLO JR, RANDY, RODNEY, TONY, STORMY, DUSTIN, TIMOTHY, AND RYAN. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DESTINY AND NATHAN, JR. SISTERS: FLORA SNEED OF ATOKA, OK. JIMMIE LEE ADAMS AND HUSBAND HOLLIS OF ATOKA, OK. MILDRED PEELER OF HOPELAND , CA. HALF BROTHERS: ROBERT KEELER OF ADA, OK. JAMES KEELER OF WILDORADO, TX. SPECIAL BROTHERS-IN-LAW: BO FINCHER, JAMES POWELL, AND RICHARD ABLES. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND CLIDDIE KEELER. BROTHERS: BILLIE GENE, JOHNNY, AND INFANT KEELER. SISTERS: MYRTLE MOSLEY, NORA MAE MOSLEY, OLECTRICE CORNWELL, AND MARIE ALLEN.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BETHANY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OKLAHOMA. OFFICIATING: ELDER KENNETH HERRING. ASSISTING: ELDER BILL DOBBS. CASKETBEARERS: MARVIN HENDERSON, JOHN HENDERSON, JERRY HENDERSON, JIM HENDERSON, FRED HENDERSON, PERRY HENDERSON, FRANK HENDERSON, TED HENDERSON.