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He received two Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. He left the Army in 1948 as a staff sergeant.
Mr. Keys later spent almost 30 years with the General Services Administration as a painter at the Pentagon and the Navy Annex. After retiring from the GSA in 1972, he opened a painting and contracting business, which he later operated with his sons. He retired in 2003.
He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
His wife of 36 years, Dorothea Mae Keys, died in 1992.
Survivors include four children, Katherine C. Keys and Christopher D. Keys, both of Fredericksburg, and James A. Keys Jr. and Kevin Keys, both of Falls Church; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
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