Keasler, Kenneth Henderson 


MARSHALL -- Funeral services for Kenneth Henderson Keasler, 
79, of Hallsville, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 24, 2006, 
at the Colonial Chapel of Sullivan-Heaster Funeral Home of 
Marshall, with Dr. David Massey Sr. officiating. Burial will 
follow in the Noonday Cemetery north of Hallsville. Mr. 
Keasler passed away June 22, 2006, surrounded by the people 
he loved most, his family. He was born April 28, 1927, at 
the family home north of Hallsville, to Sydney J. Keasler 
and Emma Henderson Keasler. He graduated from Hallsville 
High School in 1946, and was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Keasler 
was a dairy farmer for 28 years and retired from Texas Eastman. 
He loved fishing, hunting, cattle raising, and visiting with 
his friends. Kenneth and Bobbie Jean Dickard Keasler were 
married in 1944 for 62 years, and raised four children together. 
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Jere 
June Keasler. Survivors include his wife; four children, 
Sydney Kenneth Keasler and wife, Gail, Robert Glenn Keasler, 
Jerry K. Keasler, and Bonnie Keasler; his brothers, Sydney J. 
and Dorothy Keasler, and J.K. and Jean Keasler; his five 
grandchildren, Monica Keasler, Rob and Tiffany Keasler, Tasha 
and Mike Nation, Tammy Boscom, and Jamie and David Huckaby; 
seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. 
Keasler's special friends include: Loy and Diddy Skinner, and 
Glen Elliott, all of Longview; Rocky Phillips, Tom Skidmore, 
Larry Phillips, and Neil Laird, all of Marshall; Don Pringle 
of Houston; David Newman of Harleton; Bob Anderson of Carthage; 
Betty Horaney and family of Longview; Raymond Shelton and family 
of Longview; his many friends and co-workers at Texas Eastman; 
Larry and Tammy Shinn, Melody Humphrey, caretaker at home; Anita 
Shirey, Raymond Miller, Kevin and Lynn Mohowald, and the Davita 
employees. Pallbearers will be Tom McCool, Louie Lunsford, Syd 
Keasler, David Huckaby, Rob Keasler, Ellis Crawford, Mike Nation, 
and Jim Lagrone. Honorary pallbearers will be Willie Stevens, 
Zell Stevens, Bob Adams, Bart Owen, David Ballet, Tommy Pool, 
Shelton Cain, James Greer, Gregg Greer, Tom Hunt, Howard Hunt, 
Howard M. Hunt, Larry Smith, Clyde "Babe" Dickard, and Greg 
Wyatt. The family would like to extend a special thank you to 
Dr. Reddy, Dr. Sloan, Dr. Edwards, Dr. Gregory, Dr. Henry, Dr. 
Wallis, and Davita employees. Memorials may be made to the 
Noonday Cemetery Association, 432 Keasler Rd., Hallsville, TX 
75650; or to Heart'sWay Hospice, 1603 Pine Tree Rd., Longview, 
TX 75604. Visitation was held from 6-8 p.m. Friday evening, 
June 23, 2006, at the funeral home.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 6/23/2006 - 6/24/2006.