Quinten H. Kee
Funeral services for Quinten H. Kee, 86, of Troup were held June 15 in the Martin's Chapel Nazarene Church with Rev. D.L. Stuart and Rev. Merle Klink officiating. Military graveside services followed in Concord Cemetery near Troup under direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup.

Mr. Kee died Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at his residence. He was born Jan. 23, 1921 in the Woodlawn community near Marshall to the late James Homer and Mattie May Patterson Kee. He lived most all his life in the Concord community near Troup. He married Mary Helen Ellis July 22, 1940, in the Sand Flat community, Smith County. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1945 until 1946. He was a very good farmer and rancher and retired from the Carlisle Independent School District, where he worked as a bus driver. He traveled with the "Gophers," visiting most all states in the U.S. He attended Martin's Chapel Nazarene Church.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Mary Beth Kee; the mother who raised him, Jewell McDougal Kee; three brothers, James Kee, Dee Kee and Max Kee.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Helen Kee, Concord community; three sons and daughters-in-law, Lloyd and Mary Kee, Good Springs community, Kenneth and Ann Kee, New Summerfield, Danny and Jeanne Kee, Concord; a daughter and son-in-law, Faye and Larry Beene, Concord; two brothers and five sisters-in-law, Carlos and Pauline Kee, Troup, Jean and Beth Kee, Good Springs community, Lillie Kee, Nacogdoches, Terri Kee, Kermit, Emma Jean Philpot, Joy community; a sister and brotherin law, Joyce and Wes Stites, Canon City, Colo.; a brother-in-law, Delma Ellis, Cedar Creek; 10 grandchildren, Cindy Broadway, Larry Kee, Lee Johnson, Anna Outenreath, Jamie Beene, Nicholaus Kee, Billy Cole Kee, Jeramie Kee, Jessie Kee and Justin Nelson;12 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and the remaining "Gophers."

Grandsons served as pallbearers.

Honorary pallbearers were Rev. D. L. Stuart, Logan Hamilton, Strick Burton and Bud Eaton.

Memorials may be made to the Concord Cemetery Association, Route 2, Box 135, Troup, 75789.