Born: December 2, 1909 Died: January 18, 2005
W.O. Key, 95, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005. Services will be at 2p.m. today in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Rick Korsmo, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors.
Mr. Key was a Dumas resident since 1949.
He was born December 2,1909 in Fort Towson,Choctaw Co.,OK.
He was a longtime member of Bible Baptist Church in Dumas. He married Jelene Lewis on April 9, 1931, in Sayre,OK. He was an industrial insulation contractor for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Carl Lee.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Betty Lee of Dumas; three sons, Ronnie Key and wife , Mary Sue and Bill Key and wife, Marlene, all of Dumas and Gene Key of Phoenix; a sister, Mildred Gilley of Taylor; five grandchildren, Ray, Bryan, Scott, Sean and Heika; 10 great-grandchildren, Brent, Pierce, Alex, Connor, Ian, Craig, Kyle, Marisa, William and Abby; and a daughter-in-law, Roena Key of Amarillo.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second Ave. Dumas, TX 79029.
The family will be at 1206 Birge St.
*** "Willie" or "Greaser", as some older family members called him was the sixth of seven sons of W.O. Key, Sr. Four of the older brothers, Joe, Sam, Robert and Clarence, were his half-brothers by his dad's marriage to Mary Palmer. His father, W.O.Key, Sr. and his mother, Eula Elmira (White) raised seven children, Claude, Callie, Stella, Willie, Lawson, Thelma and Mildred, to adulthood.
His oldest brother, Joe, had been with a few Wild West Shows before the early 1920's, and so started his own Key Bros. Wild West Show, with the help of other family members. Willie was one the saddle bronc riders and rope spinners and sometimes the target for his brother, Claude "Buck", to throw knives at. The Key Bros. show ran for thirteen years from 1916 until the death of Joe, in 1928 caused the show to close in 1929. The Key brothers were all natural showmen, being raised on a farm and competing in their own family rodeos, so being involved with Joe's Wild West show was an easy, early decision to be made by all of them.
W.O. Key, 95, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005. Services will be at 2p.m. today in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Rick Korsmo, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors.
Mr. Key was a Dumas resident since 1949.
He was born December 2,1909 in Fort Towson,Choctaw Co.,OK.
He was a longtime member of Bible Baptist Church in Dumas. He married Jelene Lewis on April 9, 1931, in Sayre,OK. He was an industrial insulation contractor for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Carl Lee.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Betty Lee of Dumas; three sons, Ronnie Key and wife , Mary Sue and Bill Key and wife, Marlene, all of Dumas and Gene Key of Phoenix; a sister, Mildred Gilley of Taylor; five grandchildren, Ray, Bryan, Scott, Sean and Heika; 10 great-grandchildren, Brent, Pierce, Alex, Connor, Ian, Craig, Kyle, Marisa, William and Abby; and a daughter-in-law, Roena Key of Amarillo.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second Ave. Dumas, TX 79029.
The family will be at 1206 Birge St.
*** "Willie" or "Greaser", as some older family members called him was the sixth of seven sons of W.O. Key, Sr. Four of the older brothers, Joe, Sam, Robert and Clarence, were his half-brothers by his dad's marriage to Mary Palmer. His father, W.O.Key, Sr. and his mother, Eula Elmira (White) raised seven children, Claude, Callie, Stella, Willie, Lawson, Thelma and Mildred, to adulthood.
His oldest brother, Joe, had been with a few Wild West Shows before the early 1920's, and so started his own Key Bros. Wild West Show, with the help of other family members. Willie was one the saddle bronc riders and rope spinners and sometimes the target for his brother, Claude "Buck", to throw knives at. The Key Bros. show ran for thirteen years from 1916 until the death of Joe, in 1928 caused the show to close in 1929. The Key brothers were all natural showmen, being raised on a farm and competing in their own family rodeos, so being involved with Joe's Wild West show was an easy, early decision to be made by all of them.
Born: December 2, 1909 Died: January 18, 2005
W.O. Key, 95, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005. Services will be at 2p.m. today in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Rick Korsmo, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors.
Mr. Key was a Dumas resident since 1949.
He was born December 2,1909 in Fort Towson,Choctaw Co.,OK.
He was a longtime member of Bible Baptist Church in Dumas. He married Jelene Lewis on April 9, 1931, in Sayre,OK. He was an industrial insulation contractor for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Carl Lee.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Betty Lee of Dumas; three sons, Ronnie Key and wife , Mary Sue and Bill Key and wife, Marlene, all of Dumas and Gene Key of Phoenix; a sister, Mildred Gilley of Taylor; five grandchildren, Ray, Bryan, Scott, Sean and Heika; 10 great-grandchildren, Brent, Pierce, Alex, Connor, Ian, Craig, Kyle, Marisa, William and Abby; and a daughter-in-law, Roena Key of Amarillo.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second Ave. Dumas, TX 79029.
The family will be at 1206 Birge St.
*** "Willie" or "Greaser", as some older family members called him was the sixth of seven sons of W.O. Key, Sr. Four of the older brothers, Joe, Sam, Robert and Clarence, were his half-brothers by his dad's marriage to Mary Palmer. His father, W.O.Key, Sr. and his mother, Eula Elmira (White) raised seven children, Claude, Callie, Stella, Willie, Lawson, Thelma and Mildred, to adulthood.
His oldest brother, Joe, had been with a few Wild West Shows before the early 1920's, and so started his own Key Bros. Wild West Show, with the help of other family members. Willie was one the saddle bronc riders and rope spinners and sometimes the target for his brother, Claude "Buck", to throw knives at. The Key Bros. show ran for thirteen years from 1916 until the death of Joe, in 1928 caused the show to close in 1929. The Key brothers were all natural showmen, being raised on a farm and competing in their own family rodeos, so being involved with Joe's Wild West show was an easy, early decision to be made by all of them.
W.O. Key, 95, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005. Services will be at 2p.m. today in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Rick Korsmo, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by Morrison Funeral Directors.
Mr. Key was a Dumas resident since 1949.
He was born December 2,1909 in Fort Towson,Choctaw Co.,OK.
He was a longtime member of Bible Baptist Church in Dumas. He married Jelene Lewis on April 9, 1931, in Sayre,OK. He was an industrial insulation contractor for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Carl Lee.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Betty Lee of Dumas; three sons, Ronnie Key and wife , Mary Sue and Bill Key and wife, Marlene, all of Dumas and Gene Key of Phoenix; a sister, Mildred Gilley of Taylor; five grandchildren, Ray, Bryan, Scott, Sean and Heika; 10 great-grandchildren, Brent, Pierce, Alex, Connor, Ian, Craig, Kyle, Marisa, William and Abby; and a daughter-in-law, Roena Key of Amarillo.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second Ave. Dumas, TX 79029.
The family will be at 1206 Birge St.
*** "Willie" or "Greaser", as some older family members called him was the sixth of seven sons of W.O. Key, Sr. Four of the older brothers, Joe, Sam, Robert and Clarence, were his half-brothers by his dad's marriage to Mary Palmer. His father, W.O.Key, Sr. and his mother, Eula Elmira (White) raised seven children, Claude, Callie, Stella, Willie, Lawson, Thelma and Mildred, to adulthood.
His oldest brother, Joe, had been with a few Wild West Shows before the early 1920's, and so started his own Key Bros. Wild West Show, with the help of other family members. Willie was one the saddle bronc riders and rope spinners and sometimes the target for his brother, Claude "Buck", to throw knives at. The Key Bros. show ran for thirteen years from 1916 until the death of Joe, in 1928 caused the show to close in 1929. The Key brothers were all natural showmen, being raised on a farm and competing in their own family rodeos, so being involved with Joe's Wild West show was an easy, early decision to be made by all of them.
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