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In Remembrance
Obituary


Phyliss Ilene [Davis] Keel (Class of 1970)

 

Phyliss Ilene [Davis] Keel (Class of 1970)
Ada, OK
Age 60
April 27, 2012

Memorial Services for Ms. Phyliss Ilene (Keel) Davis, 60, of Ada, Oklahoma will be held on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 at 10:00 a. m. in the Clark Funeral Chapel in Tishomingo, Oklahoma with Elder Samuel Huff officiating. A private burial will be held at a later date. Ms. Davis passed away on April 27th, at the Mercy Memorial Health Center in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Ilene was born on December 30th, 1951 in Talihina, Oklahoma to Freeman and Hilda Keel. She attended Tishomingo Schools and later graduated from Murray State College with a Nursing Degree. She was also a cancer survivor.

She was preceded in death by her parents of Tishomingo; two brothers, J. B. Keel of Ravia and Jerry Keel of Tishomingo; a sister, Hattie Chasteen of McAlester, Oklahoma; her husband, Bobby Davis of Tishomingo; a son, Tracy Taliaferro of Lawton, Oklahoma; two nieces, Danette Goble and Sandra McGehee; and two nephews, Bobby Keel of Ada and Zachary Keel of Choctaw, Oklahoma.

Ilene is survived by two daughters, Kimi Chambers and husband Dr. Larry Chambers of Lawton with grandchildren, J. R. and Alex Loera and Keela Davis and husband John of Oklahoma City, with grandchildren, Lynce and Amelia; five brothers, Don Keel of Tishomingo, Jefferson Keel of Ada, Tommy Keel of Tishomingo, Dale Keel of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Danny Keel of Baycliff, Texas; two sisters, Kathy Bethune of Ada and Virginia Sherwood of Madill,Oklahoma; also, numerous nieces and nephews.

There will be a family meal after the service at the Chickasaw Nation Community Center in Tishomingo. The family requests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or the Ada Battered Women's Shelter.