CLAUDIA WILLIAMS KEITH

CLAUDIA WILLIAMS KEITH, 85, PASSED AWAY ON MAY 9, 2020 IN LAKELAND, FL.  SHE WAS THE OLDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN UNTO THOMAS JEFFERSON WILLIAMS AND LILLIE MAE CUMMINGS. MS. CLAUDIA WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 3, 1934 IN SANDERSVILLE, GA.  SHE MOVED TO FLORIDA IN 1964. SHE MARRIED WILSON KEITH IN 1975.  SHE WORKED FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY, AS AN ADULT PAYMENT CLERK. SHE ALSO WORKED FOR JIMBO’S BBQ FOR 30 YEARS. SHE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF PILGRIM’S REST FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE D.L. BRIGHT GOSPEL SINGERS, GOLDEN GIRLS GOSPEL SINGERS AND ALSO AN USHER FOR MANY YEARS. MS. KEITH ENJOYED TRAVELING, COOKING AND SPENDING WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN.

MS. KEITH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, SIBLINGS AND SON, ANTHONY WILLIAMS.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN: SANDRA WILLIAMS PARKS, LIVINGSTON CHATMAN JR. AND YOLANDA KEITH; DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, BARBARA WILLIAMS; GRANDCHILDREN, MONICA WILLIAMS, DEANTHONY WILLIAMS, ONTARIAN WILLIAMS, DEMETRIUS WILLIAMS, DORA-VANIA ALFRED, CURTISA TISDELL, ALPHONSO MCCOY, ALPHONSHA MCCOY, JASMINE CHATMAN, EDDRIANA FULLWILEY, MARCUS CHATMAN AND WAYNESHA BRODERICK; 21 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; 4 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; 3 SIBLINGS, ELAINE FULLER, MARY GRIFFITH AND ANNIE CHELLEY; BEST FRIEND, IRMA WILLIS; GOD-DAUGHTER, BRENDA MCDOWELL AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER SORROWING FRIENDS. A SOCIAL DISTANCING VIEWING WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020, 5-7 PM AT THE PILGRIM’S REST FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. 

BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE IN MELWOOD CEMETERY IN STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020. SEAN A BANKS MORTUARY, AVON PARK, FL 33825. 863-452-5272

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