Obituary of Philip Robert Keller

Philip Robert "Bob" Keller, age 86, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at Bailey Manor memory care facility in Hixson Tennessee after a multiple year battle with dementia. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio where his sisters and many of his extended family still live. He worked as a glazier, carpenter, and ended his career as a sign foreman for the South Carolina Department of Transportation. He loved his family and friends and after retiring, spent a good part of every day socializing with them. He loved plants and gardening and walking in botanical gardens, state parks and wooded areas. He was preceded in death by his parents Juanita Keller and Phil Keller and his younger brother John "Johnny" Keller of Ohio. He is survived by his daughter Carla Keller, granddaughter Khia Keller of Sale Creek TN and his sisters Barbara Deal, Janice Yarger, Joan Georgakopoulos of Ohio as well as many nieces, nephews and their children. He was buried September 5, 2024 at Camp Cemetery in Dunlap, TN. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Online condolences can be made at www.reedfamilyfh.com. Arrangements by Standefer-Reed Funeral Home, 50 May Road, Dunlap, TN.