Helen Cooper Keeton, 82, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Granville Medical Center.

A longtime resident of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Martha A Copper. Helen was a member of Marrow’s Chapel Methodist Church and was a homemaker.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Marrow’s Chapel Methodist Church by Rev. Logan Miller and Rev. John Yount. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to the funeral service at the church from 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. and at other times at the home.

Surviving are her husband of sixty-one years, Francis A. Keeton; sons, Steven A. Keeton of Bullock, Charles M. Keeton and Christopher L. Keeton, both of Stovall; brother, James E. Cooper, Jr. of Bullock; grandchildren, Angie K. Sossaman, Jeana K. Currin, Cindy K. Taylor, Travis L. Keeton, Hunter A. Keeton and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Carl R. Keeton.