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Audrey Inez (Bignar) Keene
June 22, 1925 - December 25, 2016

Services for Mrs. Audrey Inez (Bignar) Keene will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday December 28, 2016 in the East Jena Baptist Church with the Revs. Johnnie Phillips and Gary Norris officiating. She will be laid to rest in the Jena Cemetery under the direction of Kinner & Stevens Funeral Home of Jena.

She was born June 22, 1925 in Nebo, Louisiana to the union of William Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Hudnall) Bignar and went home to be with the Lord December 25, 2016 in Jena.

Mrs. Keene was preceded in death by her husband Roy Lee “Bud” Keene, her parents, a daughter Ellen Janet (Keene) Oswalt and husband H.L.Oswalt. A son-in-law Paul “Tony” Long, her granddaughter Jeanie Lynn Long. Three sisters; Georgia (Bignar) Cannon and Laverne (Bignar) Cannon, and Jimmie (Bignar) Doughty. Three brothers; Leon Bignar, Leland Bignar, and John “Tote” Bignar.

She is survived by her two daughters; Betty Louise (Keene) Long of Jena and Pamela Kay (Keene) Kane and husband Steven of Shreveport. A son William Roy Keene of Little Elm, Texas. One brother Jolia Wayne Bignar and wife Pat of Jonesboro. Five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Honored to serve as pallbearers will be Steve Oswalt, David Smith, Nate Smith, Caleb Welch, Ethan Welch, and Gabriel Oswalt. Honorary pallbearer will be Brad Oswalt.