Keith LeRoy Black

Keith LeRoy Black

85, a resident of Prairie Grove, passed away December 25, 2006 at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. He was born April 2, 1921 at Des Moines, New Mexico, the son of Corwin E. and Loa Thornton Black.

He was a member of the Church of Christ in Prairie Grove. Keith moved his family from New Mexico to Northwest Arkansas in 1953. Keith was a cattleman and worked as a stone mason with E. Fay Jones. He studied sculpture under Willard Stone and under Subrati Lahiri at the University of Arkansas. Black won several awards as a western and wildlife sculptor. Examples of his public art include life-size bronzes: ?The Coal Miner? in McAlester, Oklahoma and ?The Immigrant? in Tontitown, Arkansas.

Survivors include his wife of sixty-six years, Dorris McSpadden Black; two sons, Richard Black and wife Louise of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Russell Black and wife, Brenda of Prairie Grove, Arkansas; one sister, Joyce Milam of Kingsland, Texas; four grandchildren, Keith Andrew Black, J. Stephen Black, Jeffrey R. and wife Vale Sharp Black, and Cindy Whitehouse; seven great-grandchildren, Michael, Rebecca, Jasmine, Theodore and Jackson Black, and Natalee and Ian Whitehouse.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Luginbuel Chapel.

Funeral Service will be held Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 10:00 A.M. at the Church of Christ in Prairie Grove, with Charles Jackson and Bill Hooten officiating. Burial will follow in Prairie Grove Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Keith Andrew Black, John Stephen Black, Jeffrey Richard Black, Michael Alexander Black, Mitchell Whitehouse, Eddie McClelland, Dick Murray and Jim Sharp.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. To sign the online guest book, visit www.luginbuel.com