Earnest Dean Keen

Earnest Dean Keen, age 83, passed away Monday, July 31, 2023 at his home. Earnest was born on June 12, 1940 to his parents the late Tom Keen and Thelma Damron Keen. He was the husband of Maryann Faye Williams Keen, a retired coal miner, and a member of the Greasy Creek Freewill Baptist Church. Along with his parents, Earnest was preceded in death by five brothers: Everett, Lester, Kermit, Chester, and Lonnie Keen, and four sisters, Mary Black, Johnlene Justice, Phyllis Newsome and Linda Neeley. Along with his wife, Earnest is survived by three children, Tammy (Keith) Webb, Thomas (Francis) Keen, Ruby (Paul) Totten, one sister, Judy Blake, six grandchildren, Melissa, Travis (Gabby), Nathan, Chris (Destiney), Taylor (Dalton) and Lakyn, eight great grandchildren, Devin, Jada, Akasha, Elias, Sydney, Brendon, Rylie, and Merrick, a special friend and neighbor, Mikka Davenport, and a host of loving family and friends. Visitation will be Wednesday at 6p.m. at the Lucas & Son Funeral Home. Church services will be Wednesday and Thursday night at 7p.m. The funeral will be Friday, August 4, 2023 at 1p.m. at the Lucas & Son Funeral Home with Jimmy Jack Adkins and others officiating. Burial will follow in the Annie E. Young Cemetery at Shelbiana, Ky.