Obituary of Clista Key

Graveside services for Clista F. Key, 69, Overton, will be at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, in the Overton City Cemetery with Chris Vidacovich officiating under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mrs. Key died Saturday, April 14, 2007 in a Tyler hospital. She was born April 26, 1937 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to the late Ray and Clista Marie Parks Pumphreys. She resided in Overton in her childhood and graduated from Overton High School. She received her nursing degree from Tyler Junior College and worked in several nursing homes. She lived in Kilgore for 20 years and was a member of the Chandler Street Church of Christ in Kilgore. She is survived by two sons Brian Key, Huntsville, and Douglas Key, Daphne, Alabama; two daughters and a son-in-law, Camille St.Claire, Huntsville, and Angela and Dave Gordon, Winston, Georgia; a brother, William H. ' Bill' Parks, Tyler; two sisters, Kathleen Endsley, Overton, and Jane Eller, Canyon; six grandchildren, Jaclyne Michelle Key, Allen Gordon, Aaron Gordon, Jessica Langwith, Tony Langwith, and Sam Langwith; former husband, Jimmy Key; and several nieces and nephews.