Keith is a native Sussex Countian, having been raised in Dagsboro with maternal roots going back to the Stockley and Blades communities. The majority of his early years were in Smyrna, DE. He is a 1974 graduate of Smyrna High School; 1976 graduate of Wesley College in Dover, and a 1977 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science where he was a member of the Alpha chapter of Pi Sigma Eta. He holds a Funeral Directors License in both the states of Delaware and Pennsylvania and a Morticians License in the State of Maryland. He also holds a Limited License insurance license in the State of Delaware for preneed funeral arrangements.

Keith resides in Lewes with his wife Alison and has three children: Christina, Johnathan and Andrew; four granddaughters, one grandson and two step children, Amanda and Steven. He is a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Lewes where he sings in the choir and serves as substitute organist; is a life member of the Citizens Hose Company, Smyrna, Delaware and a member of the Citizens Hose Company Fireman's Band where he plays the trumpet.

He is an honorary member and Past Treasurer and President of the Lewes Volunteer Fire Department; member and Past Treasurer and President of the Delaware State Funeral Director's Association; former member of the Delmarva Funeral Service Assn.; member of the National Funeral Director's Assn. where he had served on the Budget Committee for two years; member of the Cremation Society of North America; former member of the Board of Directors of Delaware Hospice for over twenty years; member of the Georgetown and Bridgeville Historical Societies; and former member and treasurer of Rehoboth Beach Kiwanis Club, served as a Beebe Ambassador and is currently a member of the the Beebe Medical Foundation Board, where he serves on the finance committee. Most recently he concluded a two term-six year appointment by Delaware Governor Jack Markell on the Board of Funeral Services for the State of Delaware where he had served three years as President of the Board.