Keith Edward Buckner, 46, of Flintstone passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 at a local health care facility. Keith attended Chattanooga Valley High School and was a 1990 graduate of Ridgeland High School. After High School Keith received an Associate’s Degree in Industrial Electronics from Northwestern Technical College. He was a former employee of Chattanooga Elevator and Nisan Brakes. Keith’s passions in life were fishing, music, reading literature concerning history, sports, and technology, and he was an avid TN Vol fan.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, W. Howard Buckner and Margie Floyd Buckner; maternal grandparents, Edward H. Verzyl and Bettye Verzyl; and sister, Karen Jean Buckner.
Survivors include his children, Kristen Buckner Anderson (T.J.) and Erica Buckner Williams; parents, Jim and Pat Buckner; brother, Kenneth (Pat) Buckner; grandchildren, Aemilie, Peyton, Elijah, and Alaina; and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Graveside services will be held Thursday at 2:30p.m. at the Chattanooga Valley Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Jon Bemis officiating.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 10:00a.m. Until 2:00p.m. at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home and Crematory, located at the end of historic Missionary Ridge, Rossville.