Pastor's Blog

Timothy Allen Key, 24, a resident of Ashford, AL died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2014 at Sunset Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rocky Creek Church Cemetery with Robert Byrd directing. The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Flowers are being accepted or memorials may be made to www.go fundme.com/phillip-key, in honor of Timothy. Timothy was born on June 29, 1990 in Mobile, AL and moved to Ashford in 1995. He was a graduate of Ashford High in 2008. He was a member of the National Guard with the 186th Engineering Company and obtained the rank of Sergeant. He was employed by Farley Nuclear Plant. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Peggy and Marcus Shelley of Ashford, and great-grandmother Ellen Rhodes of Bayou La Batre, AL. Timothy is survived by parents Phillip and Ashley Key and siblings, Phillip II, Tori, and Addison all of Evans, GA; grandparents, Robert and Faye Key of Mobile, AL, George and Yetta Hill of Irvington, AL; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Active pall bearers will be members of his unit. Serving as honorary pall bearers will be Matthew Key, Colby Murphree, Jacob Lingo, Russell Hunter, Manny Moctezuma, Greg Clark, and his brothers and sisters of the National Guard.