HATTIESBURG, June 7. -- Final rites for the Rev. Archibald Johnson McKeithen, 84, for about 60 years a minister in the Methodist church, were held here and at Grayson, La.
A service here was conducted by the Rev. W. B. Alsworth, presiding elder of the Hattiesburg district. Following these rites, the body was sent to Grayson, La., for final rites. Burial was made in Grayson.
The Rev. Mr. McKeithen was preceded in death by his wife. She died two weeks ago.
Survivors are: three sons, the Rev. E. E. McKeithen of Petal, J. R. McKeithen of Grayson, La., and W. A. McKeithen of Jackson; four daughters, Mrs. Charles D. Eden of Mobile; Mrs. F. A. LeVasseur of Grayson; Mrs. D. R. Jenkins and Mrs. L. J. Jackson of Jackson; his stepmother, Mrs. J. J. McKeithen, Sr., of Grayson; three brothers, J. W., J. J. and W. O. McKeithen, Sr., all of Grayson, and two sisters, Mrs. Nash Holmes of Grayson and Mrs. Xemenia Wells of Grayson.
Published in The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Monday, June 8, 1936
A service here was conducted by the Rev. W. B. Alsworth, presiding elder of the Hattiesburg district. Following these rites, the body was sent to Grayson, La., for final rites. Burial was made in Grayson.
The Rev. Mr. McKeithen was preceded in death by his wife. She died two weeks ago.
Survivors are: three sons, the Rev. E. E. McKeithen of Petal, J. R. McKeithen of Grayson, La., and W. A. McKeithen of Jackson; four daughters, Mrs. Charles D. Eden of Mobile; Mrs. F. A. LeVasseur of Grayson; Mrs. D. R. Jenkins and Mrs. L. J. Jackson of Jackson; his stepmother, Mrs. J. J. McKeithen, Sr., of Grayson; three brothers, J. W., J. J. and W. O. McKeithen, Sr., all of Grayson, and two sisters, Mrs. Nash Holmes of Grayson and Mrs. Xemenia Wells of Grayson.
Published in The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Monday, June 8, 1936
HATTIESBURG, June 7. -- Final rites for the Rev. Archibald Johnson McKeithen, 84, for about 60 years a minister in the Methodist church, were held here and at Grayson, La.
A service here was conducted by the Rev. W. B. Alsworth, presiding elder of the Hattiesburg district. Following these rites, the body was sent to Grayson, La., for final rites. Burial was made in Grayson.
The Rev. Mr. McKeithen was preceded in death by his wife. She died two weeks ago.
Survivors are: three sons, the Rev. E. E. McKeithen of Petal, J. R. McKeithen of Grayson, La., and W. A. McKeithen of Jackson; four daughters, Mrs. Charles D. Eden of Mobile; Mrs. F. A. LeVasseur of Grayson; Mrs. D. R. Jenkins and Mrs. L. J. Jackson of Jackson; his stepmother, Mrs. J. J. McKeithen, Sr., of Grayson; three brothers, J. W., J. J. and W. O. McKeithen, Sr., all of Grayson, and two sisters, Mrs. Nash Holmes of Grayson and Mrs. Xemenia Wells of Grayson.
Published in The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Monday, June 8, 1936
A service here was conducted by the Rev. W. B. Alsworth, presiding elder of the Hattiesburg district. Following these rites, the body was sent to Grayson, La., for final rites. Burial was made in Grayson.
The Rev. Mr. McKeithen was preceded in death by his wife. She died two weeks ago.
Survivors are: three sons, the Rev. E. E. McKeithen of Petal, J. R. McKeithen of Grayson, La., and W. A. McKeithen of Jackson; four daughters, Mrs. Charles D. Eden of Mobile; Mrs. F. A. LeVasseur of Grayson; Mrs. D. R. Jenkins and Mrs. L. J. Jackson of Jackson; his stepmother, Mrs. J. J. McKeithen, Sr., of Grayson; three brothers, J. W., J. J. and W. O. McKeithen, Sr., all of Grayson, and two sisters, Mrs. Nash Holmes of Grayson and Mrs. Xemenia Wells of Grayson.
Published in The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Monday, June 8, 1936
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Rev. A. J. McKeithen married Annie E. Garrett on January 11, 1877 in Caldwell Parish, LA.
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