Obituaries

Clyde Keys

Clyde Keys was born on December 10, 1943 and passed from this life peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on December 14, 2024.

Clyde was born to the late Delton Keys and Zera Mae Kelley Keys.

Clyde was a 1963 Graduate of Murfreesboro where he was known as Cefus. He was also known in school as the friend that if anyone needed anything all they had to do is whistle and he’d come running.

In 1970, he married the love of his life, Diane. The two would have been married fifty-five years this coming March. Clyde and Diane had a marriage and love for each other like no other. There was never a question of how they felt for each other. Their unwavering love is what got them through it all until the end. Their unconditional love for one another is a true testament.

In 1975, Clyde moved his family to Florida with his job where he spent the next ten years as an asphalt plant superintendent.

Clyde moved back to Murfreesboro in 1985 to be closer to his mom to help take care of her.

He spent thirty years with the Pike County Road Department before retiring in 2017 where he filled various positions. He took great pride in his job and looked forward in going to work with his work buddies. I’m sure they all were up to all kinds of shenanigans over the years. He worked under many county judges and created life lasting relationships with all he worked with. It’s been said that he was one of the best drivers the county has seen. To know Clyde was to love him.

Clyde’s hobbies included hunting, trot-lining, and (back in the day) loved talking on the CB where he was known as “Pineneedle.” He loved riding around in the hills looking for deer. Clyde enjoyed telling stories about the log woods and the time he spent working there.

Clyde loved any time he got to spend with family. He was such a jokester and loved making people laugh. He loved to dance any opportunity he had and making Tik Toks with the grandkids.

Clyde is preceded in death by his parents Delton and Zera Keys; his grandparents, Eual and Eula Kelley and John and Ivie Mae Keys; one grandson from Florida, John Rivers Underwood; and a daughter-in-law Caprice Keys.

Clyde is survived by his loving wife, Diane of almost fifty-five years; son Dell Keys of Pike City; daughter, Trish Underwood and husband Kelly of Hernando Beach, Florida; daughter Detra Westfall and husband Eric of Murfreesboro; son Buck Keys and wife Layla of Murfreesboro; eleven grandchildren, Jordan Westfall and Max, Morgan and Tyler Hanson, Brooke Westfall, Alyssa Keys, Chloe Keys, Peyton Keys, Harley and Ashlyn Keys and Fancy Keys; four great-grandchildren, River and Olive Underwood and Parker and Jenna Hanson.

A memorial service is scheduled for Clyde on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at Latimer Funeral Home in Murfreesboro.

You may send an online sympathy message at www.latimerfuneralhome.com