Obituary

Mrs. INEZ BILLUPS KEEFER, 88, of Westchester Manor of High Point, N.C. and formerly of Culloden, went home to be with her Lord, Dec. 26, 2005, at High Point Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at Heck Funeral Home, Milton, with the Rev. Art Hage officiating. Burial will follow in Milton Cemetery. Mrs. Keefer was born May 22, 1917, in Putnam County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Wilbur and Ada Bell Billups. She was a homemaker. She was a very active member of Hurricane Bible Church in Hurricane and attended First Wesleyan Church when she moved to High Point. In addition to her parents, and stepmother Margaret Billups, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Leroy Keefer; infant "twin" son, Dwight Keefer; sister, Belva Cooper; two brothers, Harley Billups and Milford Billups. She is survived by one son, Gary Keefer of Dover, Tenn.; two daughters, Marsha Black of Culloden and Sharon Wood and her husband Jay, of High Point; brother, Wilbur Edward Billups Jr. and his wife Carol of Houston, Texas; three grandsons, Gary Dwight Keefer of Goldsboro, N.C., Gregory Dean Keefer of Michigan, and Jason Andrew Horton of Greensboro, N.C.; great-granddaughter, Aereal Keefer of Michigan; two great-grandsons, Aaron Dwight Keefer and Chad Andrew Keefer of Goldsboro, N.C. The family wishes to thank the staff of Westchester Manor Skilled Nursing Center, her two special angels, Abraham and Administrator Felton Wooten, and the visitation Pastors of First Wesleyan Church for the special care shown to Mrs. Keefer. Also, the family wishes to thank Pastor Art Hage and family of Hurricane Bible Church for the love and devotion shown over the years as well as the many visits to High Point, calls and letters. Friends may call one hour prior to the service on Friday, Dec. 28, 2005, at Heck Funeral Home, Milton.