Honore F. Keenan

     Honore F. Keenan was born on 12 October 1872 at Drennen, Nicholas County, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Edward McClung Keenan and Jane Coleman Summers. Honore F. Keenan married Robert L. Neil in 1894. Honore F. Keenan died in 1959 at age 86 years. She was buried on 30 July 1959.
     She and Robert L. Neil appeared on the census of 12 June 1900 at Grant, Nicholas County, West Virginia. Honore F. Keenan and Robert L. Neil appeared on the census of 29 April 1910 at Jefferson, Nicholas County, West Virginia. Honore F. Keenan and Robert L. Neil appeared on the census of 22 January 1920 at Jefferson, Nicholas County, West Virginia. Honore F. Keenan appeared on the census of 21 April 1930 at Jefferson, Nicholas County, West Virginia. Her obituary was published sometime in July 1959 Her obituary stated:

     Mrs. Honore Keenan Neil, 86, of Lockwood, died Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Summers of Lockwood, following a long illness. Born at Drennen, W. Va. October 12, 1872, she was a daughter of the late Edward McClung Keenan and Jennie Summers Keenan. She was the widow of the late Robert L. Neil. Mrs. Neil was a lifetime resident of Nicholas County and was a member of the Fairview Baptist Church of Lockwood.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Hazel Hughes and Mrs. Essie Summers, both of Lockwood, Mrs. Mae Stone of Pittsburg, Pa. and Mrs. Blanche Hennegen of Vero Beach, Florida; three sons, Ray Neil of Buchannan, Va., Robert Neil of Lockwood, and Howard Neil of Belle; two sisters Mrs. Joda Grose of Dixie and Mrs. Blanche Drennen of Enon; one brother, A.R. Keenan of Nunn, Colorado; twenty two grandchildren and twenty eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services Thursday, July 30, 1959 at 2 p.m. from the Fairview Baptist Church at Lockwood with the Rev. Joe E. Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Lockwood under direction of the White Mortuary of Summersville.

From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Pam Wilson, comp., 'Honore Keenan Neil - Obituary,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 5 (March 2001), p. 15.