Mr. Glen Earl Keith, age 84, of Longwood, FL, formerly of Chattooga County GA, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2009 in Casselberry, FL.  Mr. Keith was born January 3, 1925 in Valley Head, AL to the late William Wallace Keith and Margaret Mary Dobbs Keith.

Mr. Keith was retired from Lockheed in Marietta, GA and was a member of the Mars Task Force with Merrill as well as in many other locations in his Army’s service.

Mr. Keith was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Lou Ward Keith; father and mother, William Wallace Keith and Margaret Mae Dobbs Keith; great-grandson, Joseph Mitchell; brothers, Clyde Keith, Seldon Keith and Melvin Keith.

The survivors are his daughter, Charlotte V. Salveson of Longwood, FL; granddaughters, Lisa Schwartz and Tony Willingham; 6 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; sister, Ruby Virginia Cordle of Summerville, GA; brothers, William Wallace, "W.J." Keith of Summerville, GA, William Boyce Keith of LaFayette, GA, Billy Jack Keith of Ider, IL, Troy Lee Keith of LaFayette, GA and Roger Dale Keith.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 2pm from the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Buster Fox officiating.  Interment will follow in Greenhill Memory Gardens.

Mr. Keith will lie-in-state Saturday, December 19, 2009 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 5 until 7pm.

Pallbearers will be Taylor Burch, Tanner Burch, Steve Keith, Kelly Keith, Corey Rhudy and Chad Hogue.

Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements for Mr. Glen Earl "Curly" Keith who passed away on Tuesday.