Glynn Clayton Key, Jr.

May 28, 2013

Glynn Clayton Key, Jr., was born in Henley, Hays County, Texas on May 10, 1928. Mr. Key died Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, in Spanish Fort, Alabama. He was formerly a resident of Escambia County, Florida, raising Angus and farming there for over 40years. He was the son of Glynn Claiborne Key and Mary Rhoda Mansola. He attended Dripping Springs, Texas schools, and after attending Tarlton Junior College, joined the military. He served three years in the 82nd Airborne Division of the Army and was a staff sergeant.

After the Korean War, he went to Texas A&M and earned a Bachelor of Arts. After receiving a Master’s Degree in Agricultural Education from the University of Florida, he completed a year with the USDA’s citrus division. After he moved to Walnut Hill he began teaching agriculture at Ernest Ward High School where he taught for 27 years helping young people and FFA students to develop a love for farming through his leadership. Mr. Key added to the area’s genetic investment in animal husbandry as a member of registered Black Angus organizations like the American Angus Association. He raised registered Yorkshire and Hampshire hogs and bred and raised border collie dogs. He was active in the Ruritan Club of Walnut Hill for 31 years and was involved with and held offices in the Walnut Hill Water Board and the Escambia County Soil and Water Board. His dedicated work with the Escambia County Storm Water Committee resulted in the naming of the Glynn Key Storm Watershed Park, a wetlands preservation and education site in Pensacola.

Mr. Key established numerous scholarships and education funds for students, mainly in agriculture, and was a leader and teacher in the Canoe Church of Christ for over 30 years and was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ.

Mr. Key was predeceased by his wife of 46 years, Ann Cile Hall Key. He is survived by a brother, Billie Wayne Key of Texas, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mr. Key will be Thursday, May 30, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel in Atmore, Alabama, with a graveside service afterwards, both officiated by Rick Whittle, minister of the Spanish Fort Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Hall Family Cemetery in Canoe, AL.

Visitation will be held Thursday, May 30, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. from the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home.

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4 Responses to “Glynn Clayton Key, Jr.”

  1. Class of 73 on June 7th, 2013 7:38 pm

    I am proud Mr. Key was part of the faculty that took so much of his own time and was so dedicated to the guys in my class.

    We weren’t always a great group of kids but many of us grew into good and decent adults — in great part because of his influence.

    God Bless You, Mr. Key! You may never know the great influence you had on us!
    Rest in Peace

  2. Micaela (Vaughan) Fuller on May 29th, 2013 5:28 pm

    Mr. Key was a great teacher, mentor, and example of a Christian man. He meant a lot to my family. Both of my brothers raised steer for the fair and I was even priviledged enough to be in one of his classes. REST IN PEACE MR. KEY, your family will be in my prayers.

  3. Dale Johnson on May 28th, 2013 9:45 pm

    Mr. Glynn Key was a very great teacher and coworker. He was a great Christian with the highest morals. As a wonderful community leader, he will certainly be missed by all who knew him. May you rest in peace, Mr Glynn Key.

    The first time I met Mr. Key was in 1955. He visited with our family in Hall’s Fork, Alabama. He was selling Bibles durning the summer after one of his early years of teaching at Ernerst Ward High School. He ate lunch with my family that day. I had no idea that he would one day be a fellow teacher of mine.

  4. Wilma Gibson on May 28th, 2013 9:00 pm

    Glynn was a good man and did much for his community. He will be remembered fondly.

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