Buelow Elbert Keener

ASHEVILLE - BUELOW ELBERT KEENER, 75, OF 183 PIERSON DR. DIED FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2000 AT THE VA MEDICAL CENTER, OTEEN. MR. KEENER WAS A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS DECORATED VETERAN OF THE US ARMY, SERVING DURING WW II. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE ORPHEUS AND BERTHA BARNARD KEENER AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER, MARGARET ELIZABETH KEENER, AND A BROTHER, ORPHEUS BUSTER KEENER. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, BETTY TOLLEY KEENER OF THE HOME; STEP SON, JONATHAN TOLLEY OF FAIRVIEW; STEP GRANDDAUGHTER, KATHERINE RUTH TOLLEY OF FAIRVIEW; SPECIAL FRIENDS, JUSTIN TOLLEY, BARBARA AND PAUL BRANKS, CECIL TOLLEY, AND MARY GENTRY. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:30 PM TUESDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REVS. BARBARA BRANKS AND LARRY NIX OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN RIVERSIDE CEMETERY WITH MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES CONDUCTED BY THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL/VOLUNTEER MEMORIAL TEAM. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THANKS TO THE DOCTORS, NURSES, CNAS, AND OTHER MEDICAL STAFF AT THE VA MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER.