After her divorce, she moved to Huntsville and became the operator of the Huntsville Telephone Company, then owned by her nephew Robert E. "Pud" True and one of only two companies in the state owned by an employee of Southern Bell Telephone.
"Vidy Keel passed away in 1968 and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville. She was born in 1892 in Gurley, Alabama. In 1912 she was married to Percy Brooks Keel, Sr. According to Ancestry.com postings, she gave birth to Leo Louis Keel, Cecil Glen Keel, Ralph Hardy (“Buddy”) Keel, and Percy Brooks (“Tootsie” or “Toots”) Keel Jr. Vidy's famous relatives per Ancestry.com include an impressive array of U. S. Presidents plus Elvis Presley and many well-known authors and actors." (from "Annie Viola Styles Keel, A Vintage Vignette" by John P. Rankin, December 29, 2009). see:
http://huntsvillehistorycollection.org/hh/index.php?title=Annie_Viola_Styles_Keel,_A_Vintage_Vignette
After her divorce, she moved to Huntsville and became the operator of the Huntsville Telephone Company, then owned by her nephew Robert E. "Pud" True and one of only two companies in the state owned by an employee of Southern Bell Telephone.
"Vidy Keel passed away in 1968 and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville. She was born in 1892 in Gurley, Alabama. In 1912 she was married to Percy Brooks Keel, Sr. According to Ancestry.com postings, she gave birth to Leo Louis Keel, Cecil Glen Keel, Ralph Hardy (“Buddy”) Keel, and Percy Brooks (“Tootsie” or “Toots”) Keel Jr. Vidy's famous relatives per Ancestry.com include an impressive array of U. S. Presidents plus Elvis Presley and many well-known authors and actors." (from "Annie Viola Styles Keel, A Vintage Vignette" by John P. Rankin, December 29, 2009). see:
http://huntsvillehistorycollection.org/hh/index.php?title=Annie_Viola_Styles_Keel,_A_Vintage_Vignette
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