Asher Newell Keck

     Asher Newell Keck was born on 24 October 1910 at Claiborne County, Tennessee. He was the son of Thomas Levander Keck and Martha Emmeline Cawood. Asher Newell Keck married Susie Mae Cole circa 1930. Asher Newell Keck died on 7 January 2001 at Cumberland Medical Center, Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee, at age 90 years, 2 months and 14 days. He was buried on 9 January 2001 in the Oak Hill Cemetery, located in Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
     His obituary was published on 9 January 2001 in the Knoxville News Sentinel, printed in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. His obituary stated:

     KECK, MR. ASHER NEWELL - age 90, of 2935 Cook Rd., Crossville, Tenn., passed away Sunday, January 7, 2001, at the Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tenn. Mr. Keck was born October 24, 1910, in Claiborne County, Tenn. He was the husband of Susie Mae Cole Keck, and the son of the late Thomas L. and Martha E. Cawood Keck. Mr. Keck was a farmer and a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church. Services will be held at 2 p.m. CST Tuesday, January 9, 2001, at the Chapel of Bilbrey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from Noon - 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Hughel Campbell, Alan Arp, Tony Moody, Greg Lack, Royal Proffitt, Bob Gray and Joe Keck. Mr. Asher Newell Keck is survived by wife, Susie Mae Keck of Crossville, Tenn; two sons, Sherman Dale Keck of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., Thomas Dane Keck of Jonesboro, Ga; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Opal Williams of Birmingham, Ala. Bilbrey Funeral Home, Inc., in charge of arrangements.