William Patrick "Pat" Keesee

The family will welcome friends at the Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Sunday, February 2, 2025, from 1 until 2 p.m. Service will follow at 2 p.m. in the Kilgore-Green Chapel with burial at Boldo Cemetery. Officiated by J.D. Dickerson.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Sandra Myhand Keesee; parents, Ambrus and Ruth Keesee; brother, Buddy Keesee; and grandchild, Whitney Arrington.

He is survived by his children, Deborah (John) Esposito, Amy Arrington, Jason Keesee, Tracy (Tony) Smithey, Chris Rigsby; grandchildren, Briana Esposito, Chance Esposito, Kyle Rigsby, Blake Rigsby, Brooke Rigsby, Tyler Gardner, Tanner Gardner; great grandchildren, Kaleb Esposito, Ozzy Bonds; brother, Sonny (Lita) Keesee; and sister, Elaine Bearden.

He was born December 4, 1942, in Benton, Arkansas. He went to Benton High School, then attended Arkansas State University in Russellville, Arkansas, where he obtained his journeyman electrical license. He was a fifty-year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). He had a long career as an electrician that ended at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Mississippi. There he met wis lovely wife, Sandra. Together, they retired in Jasper to their home on Smith Lake.