Louella Keeney LEVELLAND-Louella Billie Keeney, 92, of Levelland passed away on May 27, 2013, in Levelland, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Levelland with Dr. Sammy Elliott officiating; burial will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery. Visitation will be held tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at George Price Funeral Home in Levelland, Texas. Louella Mae Burtner Keeney Billie was born on March 26, 1921, in Sand Springs, Okla., to Clarence Claude Cheney and Jessie Mae McGuire Cheney. She married James Edwin Burtner on July 11, 1944, in Sand Springs, Okla. They moved to Levelland in 1949. She worked at Levelland State Bank and South Plains College for over 15 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Levelland, where she sang in the Sunshine Choir. She was a past Worthy Matron of the Levelland Eastern Star Chapter 797, where she was a member for over 50 years. She later married Morris Keeney in Oct. 1998. She enjoyed her family and making beads, and loved watching sports. She is survived by her two sons, Mark Burtner and his wife Beckie of Levelland, and James Burter and his wife Susan of Scottsdale, Ariz.; four grandchildren, Michael Burtner and his wife Suzanne of Acton, Calif., Brandi Burtner Dickinson and her husband Tim of Lubbock, Christa Burtner Thomas and her husband Nick of Greenwood Village, Colo., and Breann Burtner Buxkemper and her husband Matt of Levelland; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband James Jim Edwin Burtner, Morris Keeney, one brother, Eugene Cheney and one sister; Gertrude Danforth. To join the family in celebrating Billie's life, please go to www.georgepricefunerals.com

Published in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on May 29, 2013 .