DEWITT — John Carl Keaton, Sr.,

84, died January 8. He is survived by seven children; seventeen grandchildren; thirty-two great-grandchildren; and other family. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., January 11, at Essex Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., January 12, Essex Funeral Home with burial in Crocketts Bluff Cemetery. www.essexfunerlhome.com