Keith Richardson

            Keith Richardson, 54, of Hamburg, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at the Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett.  Mr. Richardson was a native and life long resident of Hamburg. He worked for Bierbaum Timber Company and was a member of the Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church. He was an avid deer and turkey hunter and was a member of the H.A. Bates Hunting Club. His passion in life was spending time with his three grandsons.

            He is preceded in death by his mother, Lafran Bates Richardson in 2014; his brother, Thomas Dale Richardson in 2013; his grandparents, Harvey & Jessie Mae Jackson Bates and T.L. & Bertha Berryman Richardson.

            He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Kathy Crawford Richardson; a daughter, Melissa Richardson; his father, Luther Richardson; a sister, Sandra Oliver and her husband, Mark, and three grandsons, Braxton & Corban Lauhon and Gauge Richardson all of Hamburg.

            Funeral services are 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Bobby Pennington and Bro. Jimmy Bates officiating.  Burial will be in the Cleveland Cemetery.  Pallbearers are Richard Courson, Brad Akers, John McLemore, Tom McLemore, Ronnie Williamson and Warren McCraw.  Honorary pallbearers are Dean Bartz, Bo Adkins, Oscar Clark, Obie Clark, Stacy Trigleth, Gene Freeman, Pat Lemley and Charles Berryman.  Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, PO Box 2222, Little Rock, AR  72203 or to the Cleveland Cemetery Association, c/o Lisa Gulledge, PO Box 74, Hamburg, AR  71646.  

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

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