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Obituary for Marjorie Ellen Keith
Marjorie Keith was born on September 11, 1921 in Plano, TX to Clint and Pearl Chumley. She lived around Plano and Dallas until 1927 when the family moved to Arkansas. They lived out in the country from Judsonia. Marjorie started school at Plainview and graduated from Plainview High School in 1940. She met and married James Lewis Keith in 1941. They had their first son, James Lewis Keith Jr., in 1942 and their 2nd son, Jerry Leon Keith in 1943. They moved to California at the beginning of WWII. They then spent 6 years in Alaska from 1951 to 1957 before moving back to California. She resided here until her death on April 18, 2016. She had one sister, Mary Hellen Poteet and a brother, James Thomas Chumley. She is survived by sons, Jim Keith and Jerry Keith; grandsons, Scott Keith and James Ronald Keith; granddaughter, Jamie Keith; great-grandson, Jerrod Keith; great-granddaughters, Krista Keith and Meadow Johnson as well as many other relatives and friends.