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Corbin Eudene Keith, 88
Corbin Keith

Corbin Eudene Keith, age 88, of Smithville passed away Thursday night, February 13, 2020 at his residence. 

 He was born July 5, 1931 in Smithville. 

 He was preceded in death by his mother, O'Fallon Keith Pack; wife, Marine Hill Keith; son, Dennis Layne Keith. 

 Mr. Corbin was a member of the Outreach Baptist Church and a U.S. Army Veteran with 27 years of service and worked at Pirtle Nursery and Bouldin & Lawson in McMinnville. 

 He is survived by two daughters, Kathy (Phil) DeBord of Smithville and Janda (Joshua) Hendrixson of Smithville; special granddaughters, Lori Keith of Lebanon and Stephanie Davis of McMinnville; three grandchildren, Cara (Shaun) Everson of Ft. Hood, Texas, Jason (Rachel) DeBord of Lawton, OK, Crystal (Billy) Sandell of Cookeville; 12 great- grandchildren, Shea (Justin) Foster of Smithville, Arrion (Emily) Matthews of Smithville, Arianna Matthews of Cookeville, Alanna (Brandon) Jones of Baxter, Lance Curtis of McMinnville, Kaleb Everson of Ft. Hood, TX, Nathan Zakszewski of Lawton, OK and Keegan DeBord of Lawton, OK, Dillyn Keith of Cookeville, Corey McCloud of Cookeville and Alyssa McCloud of Cookeville; six great-great-grandchildren, Brandon Jones, Jr., Mackenzie Hendrixson, Serenity Foster, Avery Martin, Addison Jones and Ronald Jones. 

 Funeral service was held Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at DeKalb Funeral Chapel with Bros. Nathan Thomason and Michael Hale officiating. Burial followed in DeKalb Memorial Gardens with full Military Honors. 

Pallbearers included Jason DeBord, Arrion Matthews, Phil DeBord, Justin Foster, Joshua Hendrixson, Shaun Everson, and Randall Thomas. Honorary pallbearers were Lance Curtis, Nathan Zakszewski and Kaleb Everson.

 The family asks that donations be made to Outreach Baptist Church Building Fund, in memory of Mr. Corbin. 

 DeKalb Funeral Chapel, Smithville, was in charge of the arrangements.  

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