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Virginia "Lou" Keller - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From The Monroe News-Star July 21, 2011

Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia "Lou" Keller, 81, of Sterlington, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, July 22, 2011, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. Rev. Dale Walker will officiate. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA.

Mrs. Keller passed away after a brief illness on July 19, 2011, at her home surrounded by her family and with her new friend and devoted caretaker, Betty Hubbard. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Monroe. Mrs. Keller was born October 15, 1929, in Searcy, AR, and raised in Tallulah, LA. Mrs. Keller graduated valedictorian of her senior class at Tallulah High School in 1946. She attended LSU briefly but came home for Thanksgiving break in 1947 and decided to marry her high school sweetheart, Richard L. "Dick" Keller, Jr., in a wedding held on November 28, 1947, just 3 days later.

Mrs. Keller was a lifetime member and Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. Lou worked as a bookkeeper, many years for Burney's/Trend House Furniture. Lou became involved with various activities at the Ouachita Council on Aging, spending several days a week with her new friends playing bridge. Lou loved sports, especially Neville High School and LSU football were her favorites as well as the Atlanta Braves. For years she traveled to Atlanta or Houston to watch the Braves play.

Mom was known as "Mamaw" to her grandsons and she loved watching them play sports. Mom also loved to travel and had traveled throughout the United States with her sister Billye. Mom was thrilled that she had the opportunity to visit every state in the Union. Mom enjoyed watching the birds and squirrels play in the backyard, loving on her great-grandsons, and cooking for her family.

Mrs. Keller was preceded in death by the love of her life, Richard L. "Dick" Keller, Jr.; father, Virgil Henry Davis; mother, Mary Edith Davis; and sister, Billye I. Davis.

Survived by her daughter, Linda Nordan Sanders and her husband Cody of Sterlington; son, Richard L. "Rick" Keller, III and his wife Karen of Rome, GA; two grandsons, her first grandson who was born on her birthday, Richard Clinton Nordan and his wife Ashley of Monroe, Richard L. Keller, IV of Rome, GA; great grandsons, Richard Tyler Nordan and Conner Alan Nordan of Monroe; sister and brother-in-law, Jo and James Ellis of Monroe; two nieces and one nephew.

Pallbearers will be Neal Billups, Tim Carter, Tom Grigson, Trent McJunkin, Jeff Pruitt, Stuart Tichenor, Wes Tichenor, and Steve Turner.

Honorary pallbearers will be Alex Hayward, Lee Jefferson, Steve Jefferson, Houston Roark, Ronnie Shelby, Len Smith, Larry Voorhees, Jared Walker, and the members of each of the bridge clubs Lou played in.

Visitation will be Thursday, July 21, 2011, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe.

The family wishes to extend special thanks to Dr. David Barnes for his care these many years and to Ms. Betty Hubbard for being with us as Mom entered into everlasting life.

Memorials may be made to Ouachita Council on Aging, 2407 Ferrand Street, Monroe, LA 71201 or Neville Alumni and Friends Association, 600 Forsythe Avenue, Monroe, LA 71201.

Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe, LA