Reba Doris Keene, age 98, passed away at the Hospice Center near Chattanooga, TN on December 24, 2012. She was born near Adele, GA and moved to Florida at about 2 years of age. She lived in Plant City in the Springhead community until 2007 when she moved to Ooltewah, TN.
Reba was predeceased by her husband of 74 years, Nathan Keene in 2006. She is survived by two daughters, Shirley Loyd (Howard), Lois Sullivan (Marvin) of Melbourne, FL and Collegedale, TN, and one son, Melvin Keene (Grace) of Ooltewah, TN, 11 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
She was an active member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Reba had been an honored member of the Plant City Art Club and also served as a Pink Lady at the South Florida Baptist Hospital for many years.
The family will receive friends 1:30-2:30pm Sunday, December 30, 2012 with funeral services at 2:30pm at Wells Memorial Chapel. Interment to follow at Springhead Cemetery.
