Anne Edith Keener Wiley

Lively Va / Highlands, NC - Anne Edith Keener Wiley, 92, of the Bertrand Community, died Monday, March 19, 2012. She was born in the Goldmine Community of Western North Carolina on August 29, 1919 to the late George and Callie Keener. She was preceded in death by her husband, David E. Wiley; four brothers, Grover L. Keener, Ira L. Keener, George M. Keener, and Richard C. Keener; four sisters, Ella V. Peek, Margaret G. Houston, Martha G. Keener and Dorothy M. Bryson. She was a member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church, Gniess, NC.

Mrs. Wiley retired from Federal Service with the Department of Defense in 1985, to pursue her lifelong passion for gardening and the outdoors. She was especially adept at identifying, collecting, and cultivating many varied species of wild flowers. Equally skilled at the art of freshwater trout fishing, none were safe if she was in pursuit. Unable to continue negotiating river and creek banks, she relocated from her home in Northern Virginia to Lancaster County in 1997, where she spent many hours tending her flowers and pursuing other varieties of fish. She is survived by three sons and two daughters; Richard E. Wiley of Heathsville, William H. Wiley of Ottoman, John A. Wiley of Millenbeck, Elizabeth J. Short of Lottsburg and Martha A. Palmer of Chesapeake; 17 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at Bethel United Methodist Church, Lively, VA at 2:00pm Saturday, March 24, 2012. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Another funeral service will be held at 11:00AM, Wednesday, March 28, at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home in Highlands, NC. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00PM Tuesday, March 27 at the Chapel.

Interment will be in the Highlands Memorial Park, Highlands, NC. Memorials may be made to the Highlands Memorial Park, Highlands, NC 28741.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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