PHIL HOYT KEY, 68, OF PATASKALA, OHIO, FORMERLY OF ELLIJAY, GEORGIA, passed Thursday, June 2nd, following a brief visit to Ellijay for his Gilmer High School Class of 1961 reunion. He was the son of the late Martin Van Buren and Mary Denia Fain Key, who was born on September 19, 1942, in Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia. Leaving Ellijay he joined The United States Air Force and was stationed in Dover, Del., Prestwick, Scotland, and at NATO bases in France. Seeing most of the world from C-130's and C-133's, he left the service with a honorable record. A self educated man who loved to read and study on his own, he became a successful home builder, real estate developer, office buildings owner, and community patron, but never lost his love for flying. He had owned several planes, flying all across the United States, Vancouver,Canada, and to the Cayman Islands. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 7th, 2011, from the Logan Funeral Home and Chapel with Rev. Charlie Mull and Rev. Edmund Miller Officiating and several family members and friends speaking from the congregation. Military Graveside Honors by The North Georgia Honor Guard were held from the Logan Funeral Home pavilion, followed by burial in the Key Family Plot in Mount Pleasant (Buckhorn) Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbears will be Melvin Trammell, Gary Cochran, Rodney Key, Mitch Pinson, Matthew Mealer, Harold Underwood. A memorial service will be held in Pataskala, OH at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, June 11th from the Hosanna Lutheran Church, 7714 Hazelton-Etna Road S.W., Pataskala, OH. Donations may be made to The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, c\o of Donald Watkins,26 Thurman Road, Cherrylog, Georgia 30522. PHIL KEY is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Heidi and John Shlepr; sons and daughters-in-law Eric and Sue Key of Reynoldsville, Ohio, and Greg and Ann Key of Tucson, Arizona; grandchildren Logan, Tucker, Erin, Greg, Jr., Diane, Kristen, and Kiley; sisters Virginia Key Underwood of Cherrylog, Ga., Bernetta Key Tramell of Blue Ridge, Ga., Ellon Key McClelland of Hampton, Ga., and Diane Key Pinson; brothers Hertis Key of Cherrylog, Ga., Kert Key of Kingston, Ga., and Chick Key of Mineral Bluff, Ga.; several nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends beginning at 4:00 p.m.,Monday, June 6th, 2011 at Logan Funeral Home and Chapel.