Sarah Jane (Howell) Keyes (1868 - 1965)

Born 10 Sep 1868 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William Norris Keyes — married about 1910 in Covington county, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1965 at age 96 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

Laurel Leader-Call Saturday, April 24, 1965, p. 2

MRS. SARAH KEYES

COLLINS, Miss. - Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Jane Howell Keyes, 96, of Mt. Olive, Route One, were held Friday, 2 p.m., from the chapel of Johns Funeral Home. The Rev. W. J. Murray officiated, with burial in the Zion Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Keyes died in the home of her son, Marshal Keyes, where she was living, early Thursday morning.

She is survived by one son, Marshal Keyes; four daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Roberson, Mt. Olive; Mrs. Jalma Sullivan, Mize; Mrs. Van Howell, Pioneer, La., and Mrs. Toxie Smith, Columbia; two step-sons, Bob Keyes, Florence, and Charlie Keyes, Gulfport; three step-daughters, Mrs. Ora Woods, Jackson; Mrs. Audrey Lee, Hattiesburg and Mrs. Roberta McDaniel, Columbia; one brother, John Howell, Mize; one sister, Mrs. Mollie Clark, Mt. Olive, and 23 grandchildren.

Johns Funeral Home was in charge.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Published Laurel Leader-Call Saturday, April 24, 1965, p. 2

• US Federal Census - 09 Jul 1880, Copiah County, MS.
• US Federal Census - 1900 Covington County, MS
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8H-14N : accessed 8 May 2016), Jane Keys in household of William Keys, Beat 5, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 24A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,751.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBP-WQV : accessed 8 May 2016), Jane Keyes in entry for William N Keyes, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGC-FGG : accessed 8 May 2016), Sarah Keyes in household of W N Keyes, Beat 5, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-14, sheet 18A, family 292, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2019.
• Smith County, MS Cemeteries (1999), Smith county, MS Genealogical Society
• Tombstone