Myrtle Walker Keeter
‘Mammy’

Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 2:38 PM EST

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ENFIELD — Mrs. Myrtle Walker Keeter, 95, of Enfield, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, with her family by her side.

Myrtle Walker Keeter

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Mrs. Keeter was born Dec. 1, 1913. She obtained her education through the public schools in Halifax County. Myrtle was married to the late John Raymond Keeter who she loved and was faithful to until the day she went to be with the Lord. She was preceded in death by her parents, C.B. and Rosa Walker Keeter; a son, Raymond Eugene Keeter; and all of her brothers and sisters.

Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Wayne Arnold Keeter and his wife, Margaret, of Roanoke Rapids; two daughters, Kaye K. Neville and her husband, Andrew, of Enfield, and Vivian K. Edmondson and her husband, Gene “Peter Rabbit,” of Roanoke Rapids; her daughter-in-law, Faye S. Keeter of Raleigh; eight grandchildren, Lynn James (Danny), Timothy “Snapper” Keeter (Michelle), Wayne A. Keeter II (Sandra), Katrina Ross West, Lisa Whitby (Kenny), John Harrison and Michelle Ross, Mark Alan Edmondson and Gene Gray Edmondson Jr.; 14 great-grandchildren, Christie Ayscue (Andru), Willie D. James II, Wayne A. Keeter III (Amber), Jennifer Keeter, Tabitha Keeter, Drew Keeter, Donna Keeter, J.R. West, Holt Gordon, Hannah, Nathan and Lillie Ross, Dylan Edmondson and Landen Edmondson; three great-great- grandchildren, Andru Dylan Ayscue, Destiny “Ducky” Ayscue and Krysia “Queen B” Ayscue; and several nieces and nephews.

Myrtle was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, mother-in-law and a true friend to all who knew her. She also left to cherish her memory, the Rev. Marshall Walker, a devoted nephew, Donna Garner Crickmore, a dedicated niece, Joseph Ross, Willie Gordon and many other relatives and friends.

A memorial service, followed by visitation, will be held at 7 p.m., today, Nov. 3, at Massey Funeral Home in Enfield, which is handling the arrangements.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Elmwood Cemetery in Enfield.

Memorial donations may be made to Community Home Care and Hospice, Roanoke Rapids NC 27870.

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