Palestine High School Alumni Association

Memorial services for Keith Dwaine Hassell, 60, of Palestine will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Herrington / Land of Memory Funeral Home Chapel with Robert Adamson officiating.

Keith passed away on Friday, January 1, 2016 at Seton Medical Center Williamson in Round Rock, Texas.

He was born on October 27, 1955 in Palestine, Texas to Raiford Dwaine and Nell Bradley Hassell. He graduated from Palestine High School in 1974 and received a Bachelor’s degree from Stephen F. Austin University. He was a retired banker and enjoyed farming. Keith was preceded in death by his father, Dwaine Hassell in 1993.

Survivors include his mother, Nell Horton and husband James of Lufkin; daughters, Sarah Bradley Miller and husband Robert of Midland and Claire Elizabeth Henderson of Shultz; sister, Laura Lee Mejerle and husband Bob of Atlanta, GA; and nieces and nephew, Claudia Rogers, Meredith Rush, and Nathan Mejerle.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Keith’s name to a charity of one’s choice.