In loving memory of

Robert Keeney
March 21, 1928 - July 25, 2010

Robert W. Keeney, age 82, of Kyle, TX passed away Sunday, July 25, 2010.Robert was born and raised in Appalachia, VA. After moving to Brownsville, TX in 1977 he was plant manager of several manufacturing companies in Brownsville and Matamoros. He was also an active member of Central Christian Church in Brownsville.He was preceded in death by his parents, Margaret and Walter Keeney.Survivors are his wife, Julia Keeney; his children, Carol Walborn & husband Robert Humphreys, David Keeney & wife Priscilla, Marilyn Goddin & husband John, Jane Dark & husband Phil, Mark Keeney, Kathleen Murray & husband Philip; grandchildren, Gina Page, Nathan Keeney, Jonathan Keeney, Jason Walborn, Jessica Walborn & Jack Murray; great grandchildren, Kayla Bollinger, Austin Walborn & Hayden Walborn.Memorial service will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Harrell Funeral Home, Kyle, TX. The family is grateful for the exceptional care by the staff of the Wesleyan Alzheimer's unit. Family request contributions be made to Wesleyan at Scenic - West Wing, 2100 Scenic Drive, Georgetown, TX, 78626. 1715 Kirby Kyle, TX 78640 (512) 268-8200

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Scott Smith wrote on Jul 31, 2010:

"I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. As a Christian, I know we need comfort from the Scriptures. Below are some that I personally find very consoling and I hope you do to. "Blessed be . . . the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation."--2 Corinthians 1:3, 4. "You are opening your hand and satisfying the desire of every living thing."--Psalm 145:16. "He [God] has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and he has furnished a guarantee to all men in that he has resurrected him from the dead."--Acts 17:31. "I--I myself am the One that is comforting you people."--Isaiah 51:12. "Like a man whom his own mother keeps comforting, so I myself shall keep comforting you people."--Isaiah 66:13. "This is my comfort in my affliction, for your own saying has preserved me alive. I have remembered your judicial decisions from time indefinite, O Jehovah, and I find comfort for myself. May your loving-kindness serve, please, to comfort me, according to your saying to your servant."--Psalm 119:50, 52, 76. "The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life."--John 5:28, 29."

Peg Wheeler wrote on Jul 28, 2010:

"To my "adopted" family I know how much your dad meant to you, and I'm sorry that you now have to mourn his passing. Know that he had many blessings in his life (all of you!), and my thoughts are with you. Peg"