Thelma Geneva (Garrett) Keenum (1935 - 2012)

Born 18 Aug 1935 in Cherokee, North Carolina

Wife of Coy Lane Keenum — married 14 Jun 1958 in Cherokee, North Carolina, USA

Died 16 May 2012 at age 76 in Stockbridge, Henry County, Ga.USA.

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Biography

Thelma Geneva Garrett was born on August 18, 1935, in Cherokee, North Carolina, her father, Roosevelt, was 30, and her mother, Josie, was 30. She married Coy Lane "Tommy" Keenum on June 14, 1958, in her hometown. She died on May 16, 2012, in North Carolina at the age of 76, and was buried in Murphy, North Carolina.

Family

Family Members ^[1]

Parents

• Roosevelt T. Garrett (1905–1962)
• Josie Graham Garrett (1905–1992)

Siblings

• 1.Grady Garrett (1931–1991)
• 2.Loy Garrett (1933–2007)
• 3.Hazel Donnamae Garrett Parker (1939–2017)

Spouse:

• Coy Lane "Tommy" Keenum (1935- )

Child

• Ramona

Obituary

Geneva Garrett Keenum, age 76, of Stockbridge, GA died Wednesday, May 16, 2012. She was born in Unaka, NC to the late Roosevelt and Josie Graham Garrett. Geneva was a member of Brushy Knob Baptist Church where she was an active member of the Womens Ministry. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and she loved to bake cakes for other people. In the Summer, she enjoyed canning vegetables. Geneva always loved returning to her family roots in North Carolina. She is survived by her husband, Tommy Keenum; a daughter and son-in-law, Ramona and Mark Spence of Stockbridge, GA; two sisters, Inez Dockery of Unaka, NC and Hazel Parker of McEwen, TN; sister-in-law, Doris Garrett; two grandchildren, Kristina Spence and Adam (Elizabeth) Spence; four great-grandchildren, Buster Spence, James Spence, Melissa Spence, Kaylen Spence, and many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Cannon Cleveland Funeral Directors on Thursday, May 17, 2012, from 4 " 6 PM with a funeral service to follow at 6:30 PM in the Chapel. The body will be taken to Friendship Baptist Church in Murphy, NC on Friday, May 18th, where the family will receive friends from 12:30 " 2:30 PM with a funeral service to follow at 3:00 PM in the church. Interment will follow at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery.^[2]

United States Federal Census

1940 United States Federal Census Household Members: Name Rosevelt Garett Name Josie Garett Name Itoy Garett Name Wayne Garett Name Grady Garett Name Loy Garett Name Jeneva Garett Name Inez Garett Name Hazel Garett^[3]

Find A Grave

MEMORIAL ID 195031411 For Geneva Garrett Keenum, Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Family:FamilySearch
2. ↑ Obituary: Published Cannon Cleveland Funeral Directors,[online], | http://www.cannonclevelandfunerals.com/obituary/3712883
3. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census Detail Year: 1940; Census Place: Beaverdam, Cherokee, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02889; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 20-1B,Publisher Date 2012, Ancestry.com
4. ↑ Findagrave.com | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195031411/geneva-keenum

FootNote

Family Search & Records, Entered By Melissa Beaver Beller 11/29/2018.

Family Links

Father: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9483765/roosevelt-t.-garrett

Mother:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9483769/josie-garrett