My Aunt Minnie... I learned so much from you. I love you and will never forget you.

Miss Lady as I would call you ...You touched my heart and spirit.The time I was there with you was priceless..My heart hurts I didn't get to see you ..I hate I didn't bring my son to see you ..I love you Miss Lady...To the family you have my deepest sympathy she was one of a kind..love always......Shanna

My cousin Gale HATES (and I do mean hates) to lose a card game. My cousin Benny likes motorcycles...and my cousin Tina is just about the best dance partner you could have at a wedding reception. These are minor details, for the most part, to be sure, but what makes them significant to me is that fact I even know them at all. Not just the details but the PEOPLE. Many moons ago, a certain couple decided to get married. Fred Cohen and Tressie Austin. They each had children from previous marriages, varying in age but mostly hovering around adolescence if my math is right, four daughters, and one son, respectively. It's no secret that joined families can be a challenge, one that can even result in rather unpleasant outcomes. Yet, with these children, and no doubt a little coaxing from their parents, the results were quite different. Instead of becoming rivals, or toxic to each other the way even blood-siblings can, they became close, became friends, became real brother and sisters. This may seem typical to some, even insignificant...yet to me...it is one of the brightest blessings, one of the most important decisions(and it was a decision because they didn't HAVE to make it the way they did) ever made, in not just their lives, but in mine. I wasn't there, wasn't even a thought in my father's head, but I benefitted from that decision as much as anyone. For in that decision, not only was he given a new family, but he had created one for me to partake in the future. And so I did. As a boy, when an entire other side of family remained distant, I enjoyed the family he had created. I had aunts and uncles and enough cousins to fill a soccer stadium. I had birthday parties and holiday celebrations often times with a packed house. Those ties wavered over the years, especially after my father's passing, but they never broke. Later, when my own life was in upheaval, they were often connections I depened on. For in those moments, I may have not had a lot, but I had an army of aunties at the ready and that made a ton of difference. My father gave me a lot, including life, even in the scant few years I knew him, but I will always be grateful that on a certain day and in a certain way when he could have just as easily walked away...he assured ME a family even before he created one of his own. Several years ago when my aunt Sister passed away, I felt moved to say all of this, but didn't have the chance at her service and it was not at all lost on me that it applied to all four of those young aforementioned daughters. So I guess the moral of the story is always seek the opprtunity to choose higher, better, more loving...because in the end, EVERY decision we make as individuals affects everyone and everything around us. It's not a matter of IF, but of TO WHAT DEGREE. And no matter what, always be thankful. Thankful for every high, every low, every gain...and every loss. Fear and sometimes even pain cannot share the same space as that of GRATTITUDE. These are all attitudes I have been known to struggle with and what I write here, now, could be seen as just another attempt to heed my own advice. But I contend, to all my family/loved ones greiving today to be grateful. You enjoyed the prescence of a loved mother/ grandmother/aunt/ sister for many, many, many years. You learned from her, laughed with her, cried with her, fought with her, defended her. And there can never be any doubt that part of who you are is because she simply existed.I know it is for me. Rest easy Aunt Minnie, All my Love, Your nephew, Jason.

Family, Though we are not there in physical form, we are present spiritually. Our hearts and prayers go out to you all. Remember That to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord ! Tonti is dancing in His presence. We love you, we miss you. God Bless You,

She was a great lady, and my sincere condolences go out to the family.

Mother Keyes....you have many spiritual daughters and I'm so blessed to have been a part of your life. May God comfort your family with peace and understanding. "People will forget what you did or what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." Maya Angelou ❤️

Mother Keyes .....you had many spiritual daughters, I'm more than grateful for being a part of your family. May peace be with all your love ones. People will forget what you did or what you said, but they'll never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou ❤️

Love and miss you so much mother keys we're praying for your family at this time Andre and Debra

Mother you mean so much to me and my Family we will truly going to miss you being with us physically but spirituality YOU will never leave our heart's You are our Heavenly Angel now. I thank God for putting you in my life. It is my privilege that you called me Daughter.

Mother Keyes, thank you for your love and those long conversations we had and calling me your daughter. I will cherish who you were to me and remember the last time I came over, you gave me a butterfly. I will remember you each time I look at it. Mother you earned and gained your heavenly wings to spend eternity with our Lord. To Sis Joannn and the family, you are in my prayers!

Minnessa Pearl Keyes family: It does hurt a lot when you lose someone you love and then you are left only with their memories which give you strength to move on in life. In these difficult times, I can only pray for you, I can only pray to God to give you strength to get over this pain and these times of hardship. I know that words are not enough to soothe your pain. JoAnn I just want to tell you that everything is going to be fine because you are a strong person and because she will always live in your heart. Please accept my deepest sympathies on your loss…. You and your family will always stay in my thoughts and prayers. Bobby Jetton Family

Auntie you will be greatly missed... You were such a rock to so many of us. Never turned your back on me and loved me and my children unconditionally. Stay Strong family love you all... Rest Peacefully Auntie

I miss you so much gg. Ik ur in a better place and at peace. Til we meet again.

You have always been my rock

Please accept our deepest condolences for your family's loss.