January 12, 1923
WIDOW OF LATE VETERAN DIES
Mrs. Maggie Keys Passes Away at Home of Her Son in Brentsville
Mrs. Maggie Keys, widow of the late R. A. Keys, a Confederate veteran, died at the home of her son, Mr. L. F. Keys, in Brentsville, on January 7 after an illness of about a month. Her death was due to the infirmities of age, she being in her 85th year.
The deceased was married to Mr. Robert A. Keys in Alexandria in 1862 from which union was born five children, four sons and one daughter, namely, John T. Keys, J. M. Keys, R. H. Keys, and L. F. Keys, all of Brentsville, and Mrs. John Weeks, of Fairfax C.H., all of whom survive her together with seventeen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. R. Cooke at the Union Church at Brentsville ,her body being laid to rest in the family burying ground at that place.
The many beautiful flowers were a token of the esteem in which she was held in the neighborhood.
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