Missionary Essie Mae Keys

Services for Missionary Essie Mae Keys will be Friday, April 4, 2014 in Hattiesburg, Miss., at McDowell Nance Center, 120 Airport Rd., Hattiesburg MS 39401. Meet and greet will be held from 6-6:45 p.m. and praise services will begin at 7 p.m.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Rose of Sharon Church of God in Christ in Picayune, Miss. Burial will be in the Picayune Cemetery.

Mrs. Keys’ husband, Superintendent W.R. Keys and son, Evangelist Richard Keys preceded her in death.

She leaves to cherish her memories: two daughters, Missionary Ellen Keys Clark of Hattiesburg, and Mrs. Ruth Coleman of Hattiesburg; two sons, Pastor George Keys of Omaha, Neb., and Robert Keys of Oakland, Calif., and one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bobbie Keyes of Gulfport, Miss.

Young’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.