Friends Rally Around Former Local Couple Whose Son Was Killed
Reporter: Christopher Shadrock
June 3, 2012
WACO (June 2, 2012)–On April 14 everything changed for former Waco
residents Joseph and Eva Keith.
Their son, Timothy, 5, was killed when a taxi hit him while the family
was visiting New York City.
The Keith’s are deaf, as was their son.
After attending Texas State Technical College, the Keiths recently
moved to Washington, D.C. and were on a day trip to New York City when
the accident occurred.
Six weeks later, the deaf community of Central Texas held a fundraiser
Saturday at the Lion’s Den in Waco to help the family with funeral
expenses and to remember the energetic little boy.
Eva still mourns the loss of her son.
“My son when we was gone I felt so bad, so much that it was like he was
gone and I cried. I cried all the time.”
Even people who did not know the family attended the event, building
bridges between the deaf and hearing communities.
Timothy’s teacher from Viking Hills Elementary choked up as she
recalled the last time her class saw him.
“We got to see Tim two weeks before he died, the children had made a
call on the video phone and so he was a very important part of our
classroom even after he moved.”
Nationwide, deaf communities in Houston and Washington D.C. are helping
raise funds.
Organizers are hoping to raise $10,000 for the Keith family.
Donations can be made to the Tim Keith memorial fund at Central
National Bank.
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