| Graduation Year | Class of 1977 |
| Date of Birth | Jan 22, 1959 |
| Date of Passing | Apr 08, 2012 |
| About | A memorial service for Brian "Keith" Rabe Sr., 53, of Point will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Wills Point. A private family visitation will be at noon, and an open visitation will be from 2:30 p.m. until the time for service. Keith died on Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Dallas. He was born on January 22, 1959, in Wills Point, the son of Benny and Jonnie Brumit Rabe. He and Penny Cason Rabe were married in Point on May 9, 1981. He was a graduate of Rains High School and was retired electrician and a grandaddy babysitter by choice. Keith was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Wills Point. Keith served 14-1/2 years in the Army National Guard. He also served four years in the Seabee’s Naval Reserve, where he met lifelong best friends Richard and Randy Porter. He loved to fish and spent many weekends and nights at dirt track races with Phillip Cason and Larry Northcutt. He also spent many hours with “Unc” D. J. Rabe, a very special uncle. Being an electrician he donated many hours of service to the community, including the building of the RYSA baseball complex. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, son and son-in-law. He lovingly devoted all of his spare time to his grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Penny Rabe of Point; father, Benny Rabe and wife Barbara of Point; mother- and father-in-law, Leroy and Betty Cason; sons, Brian Keith Rabe Jr. and wife Erin of Roanoke and Benjamin Keith Rabe and wife Lindsay of Point; daughters, Jonnie Elizabeth Rabe Gaddis and husband Jason of Point and Samantha Jane Rabe and husband Tony Jackson; brothers, Randy Rabe and wife Lisa of Klondike and Billy Mark Rabe and wife Kerri of Commerce; 11 grandchildren, Keifer, Ashlyn, Allison, Mason, Raegan, Dylan, Joanna, Kalli, Kyle “Tadpole”, Maggie and K.J.; many adopted children, Jessica Beggs and many others throughout the years. He was preceded in death by his mother, Jonnie Lou Brumit Rabe; brother, Tommy Doyle Rabe; stepmother, Bernice Rabe; grandparent and granny Mag. Services are under the direction of Wilson-Orwoski Funeral Home. |
