Richard Eugene Keyees

October 4, 1930 - March 21, 2020

Service Date: March 26, 2020

Friends may call at their convenience 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Wednesday March 25, 2020 at Memorial Funeral Home.  Funeral service will be held 1:00 P.M. Thursday March 26, 2020 at Grandview Cemetery with Pastor Brian Inman officiating.  There will be a Celebration of Life at a later date.  In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations be made to Peck’s Memorial United Methodist Church: 2438 Wilkinson Pike, Maryville, TN 37803.

Richard E. (Buddy) Keyees, loving husband, Father, brother, grandfather and great grandfather walked into the arms of Jesus on March 21, 2020.  Buddy was a life-long member of Peck’s Memorial United Methodist Church,  He was preceded in death by his parents: Charlie and Hilda Keyees; son: Richard E. (Dicky) Keyees, Jr.; brother: Charles Keyees and Tom (Jack) Keyees; sister: Barbara (Bobbie) Jackson and husband Sam; great granddaughter: Aviendha Violet Hannah.  Survivors include his wife of 70 years: Violet; daughter: Karen Hannah (Paul); grandsons: Justin Hannah (Sara), Sean Hannah (Sydney); great grandchildren: Alexander, Edison, Irene, Orion, Ethan and Brylee, sisters: Ann Niles (Jack), Betty Dodd (Jim).