Graveside service: 9 a.m. Friday, July 31, Memorial Gardens of Memory Cemetery under the direction of Cantlon Otterness Funeral Home of Buffalo.
Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Ross Cully will officiate. Memorials may be made to the Disabled American Veterans and left at the funeral home. Online condolences can be made at www.cantlonotterness.com.
Keith L. Cully, 85, was born Feb. 2, 1930, in Seymour, the son of Glen Dyer and Ella M. (Brumback) Cully. He died July 25, 2015, at Cox South Hospital, Springfield.
He was reared and attended school in Humansville.
After graduation he was married to Lotus Snow.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served his country during the Korean War. After his service, he attended Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, and served as a civilian instructor for the Air Force for one year.
He moved to Buffalo in 1957 and purchased the Western Auto store, and ran it until his retirement in 1995.
He was united in marriage to Carol McGill on Jan. 22, 1972, in Aurora, Ill., and together they made their home in Buffalo.
He was a member of the First Christian Church of Buffalo, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 62, Abou Ben Adhem Shriners, 50-year member of the Blue Lodge of Scottish Rite, Dallas County School Board, chamber of commerce, Ssheriff’s posse, coffee group of Bison Inn, and the Rotary Club.
In his free time he enjoyed traveling with his fifth-wheel trailer, fishing, bird hunting and spending time with his family.
Keith was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers: Weldon Cully, Gene Cully and Wendell Cully; three sisters: Eileen Murski, Mildred Hammons and Kathleen Stewart; and one great-granddaughter, Braxtin.
Survivors include his wife, Carol, of the home; his children: Mike and wife, Krista Cully, Springfield, Sheila and husband, J.R. Roller, Buffalo, Blake and wife, Kim Cully, Ozark, Lee McGill, Strafford, and Julie and husband, Ahmed Belmir, Sunnyville, Texas; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
