Keith Todd Beggs

Keith Todd Beggs, 62, of Paducah, and formerly of Dongola, died Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at Stone Creek Nursing in Paducah.

He was born on Jan. 9, 1962, in Anna, the son of Clyde Edwin and Patricia Ann McCommons Beggs.

Mr. Beggs had worked at the Secretary of State Driver’s License facility in Metropolis. He had also worked in health care at hospitals and nursing homes, including Charter Hospital. He got great pleasure in helping other people.  

He was a graduate of Dongola High School, where he enjoyed being a drummer in the band, and he was also known as a jokester.

Survivors include his mother, Patricia Beggs; daughter Haylee (Nick) Hollifield; grandson Leland Clyde Hollifield; sister Vicki Womack; niece Mandi (Todd) Perkins; great-nephews Jacob Beasley and Alec Beasley; special friend Mark Whitlow; great-great-nephew Myles Galan; cousins and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his father; a nephew, Scotty Womack; grandparents Russell and Helen McCommons and Eldie and Della Beggs; aunt and uncle Jodene and Barney Porterfield; and a cousin, Jan Porterfield.

Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Monday, May 13, at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola, with the Rev. Perry Williams officiating.  Burial followed at Christian Chapel Cemetery.

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Crain Funeral Home in Dongola was in charge of arrangements.