Ella Dee (Martin) Keith

Ella Dee Keith, 90, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, October 28, 2021, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 28, 1931, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Walter and Freda Barks Martin. She and Donald LeRoy Keith were married in 1950, in Paragould, Arkansas. He passed away February 3, 2004. Ella Dee was a member First Baptist Church in Jackson and Eastern Star and the American Legion Auxiliary in Jackson. She was a homemaker in her own home and took pride in caring for her family. Her most prize procession was her family. Loving survivors include her son, Dennis (Jeanne) Keith of Jackson, two grandchildren, Kristina (Steve) Hoffman of Smyrna, Georgia, and David (Cathy) Keith, and their children, Kaitlyn, and Olivia, of Jackson, two step-grandchildren, Melissa (Chad) Craft, and their son, Caleb, of Jackson and Danielle Seabaugh of St. Louis, and her son, Austin Seabaugh of Jackson, two sisters, Shirley Adams of Jackson and Karen Wooly of Orange, California. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 54 years, her parents, and two sisters, Wanda Schwear and Doris Grebe. Visitation will be Monday, November 1, 2021, from 9:30 am until service time, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 11:00 am at the funeral home, with Rev, Troy Richards officiating. Interment will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Memorials may take the form of contributions to First Baptist Church in Jackson. To send an online condolence to the family, visit McCombs Funeral Home website at www.mccombsfuneralhome.com; then click on the TRIBUTE WALL tab of Ella's personal obituary. Traditional gifts, cards and contributions may be sent to the family at McCombs Funeral Home, Inc. c/o Ella Keith, 640 West Independence Street, Jackson, Mo 63755.

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