Keith McHarry

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Keith B. McHarry, 35, of Olive Branch died Monday morning, Dec. 24, 2001, in a 7:30 a.m. traffic accident on Highway 3, one mile north of Thebes.

He was born Feb. 9, 1966, at Carmi, Ill., son of William "Bud" and Beverly Dover McHarry. He and Mandy Cox were married Jan. 4, 1997.

McHarry was a member and youth leader at Trinity Assembly of God in Olive Branch. He was a third degree mason in Caledonia Lodge 47 AF&AM of Pulaski.

He was a biomed technician at St. Francis Medical Center, had been a cellular technician with Southwestern Bell and had worked in the electronics department in the Defense Department in Dayton, Ohio. He loved horses, fishing and playing the guitar.

Survivors include his wife; a son, William Ernest Bradley McHarry of Olive Branch; a stepdaughter, Danni Dowdy of Olive Branch; his parents, William "Bud" and Beverly McHarry of Thebes; sister, Lisa and husband Roy Evans II of St. Peters, Mo.; niece, Bethany Held of Arlington, Texas; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ernest and Patricia Cox of Olive Branch; sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by a niece, Jessica Held; and his grandparents, Bob and Ora Dover, William and Edna McHarry.

Funeral services for Keith B. McHarry will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Assembly of God Church in Olive Branch. The Rev. Carl Hester and Rev. Billy Don Heady will officiate with burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery near Olive Branch.

Visitation will be at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., today from 4-7 p.m. and at the church after 10 a.m. Thursday.

Masonic services will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms by Caledonia Lodge 47 AF&AM.