- Obituary :The Bismarck Gazette - July 4,1968 :
Lee Keathley, son of the late Wallace Keathley and Sara Jackson Keathley, was born in Iron County Missouri on February 5, 1883 and passed away at the Missouri Pacific Hospital in St. Louis on Wednesday, June 26, 1968 at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 21 days.
Mr. Keathley was a retired Locomotive engineer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Bismarck and the Masonic Lodge No. 41.
He is surived by his wife Edna Keathley, of Bismarck; three sons, Bob Keathley, of Detroit, Mich.; Don Keathley, of Springfield, Va.; Carlos Keathley, of Thayer, Missouri; a step-son Leroy Pinkley, of Bismarck; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Hagard, of Independence, Missouri; six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral service were held at 2:00 o'clock last Saturday afternoon from the United Methodist Church at Bismarck, conducted by Rev. Robert Edwards, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Bismarck. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the directions of Shipman and Sons.
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