KEITH SELVEY

May 04, 2020

LAMAR- A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lake Cemetery for Keith Selvey, 101, Lamar, who died Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Kerrville, Texas.

Arrangements are under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be left, and a complete obituary read, at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his daughter, Ann Skinner and husband Ed; grandchildren, Cristina Skinner and Geoff Skinner and wife Roya and his children, Cecilia and Liam; two brothers, Don Selvey and Carl Selvey; one sister, Louise Caruthers and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret; his brothers, Martin Selvey, Gene Selvey, Robert Selvey, Ron Selvey and Leland Gale Selvey and sisters, Helen Carr and Lorene Norwood.

Mr. Selvey was born in 1919, in Barton County, to Roy and Essie (McManis) Selvey. He was a Lamar High School graduate, where he was captain of the football team and ran track. After high school he worked putting in electrical lines for the R.E.A. until being drafted and joining the U.S. Army on June 23, 1941. He served in the South Pacific during WWII. His distinguished service earned him a battlefield commission to Second Lieutenant. His military service continued in the reserves and the National Guard, where he retired as a Major.

He returned home from the Army in 1945 and returned to his job with the engineering company. He married his wife, Margaret Neas and had one daughter, Ann. They bought a farm in Milford Township that he farmed for over 60 years, until 2014, when he moved to Kerrville, Texas. He was known for, and proud of, his herd of Polled Herefords.

He was an active leader in the community. He served as the commander of the VFW for 12 years. He helped to found and served as the president of the board of directors for the Barton County Rural Water District for 40 years. Today it is CP-WSD No. 1. He also served as the president of the regional Polled Hereford Association, the Valley School Board, FHA Board and the ASC Board. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

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