Obituary of James C Elliott, St Francis County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V Isbell Date: 12 Dec 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** ELLIOTT JAMES CECIL 9 18 1937 12 2 1999 BELL James Cecil "Jaybird" Elliott, 62, of Colt, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Sept. 18, 1937, in Palestine to Noah and Stella Morris Elliott. He was a retired Yale employee and a lifelong resident of the Palestine and Colt areas. He was preceded in death by his first wife Mary Elliot and a son, Michael Elliott. He is survived by his wife, Betty Like Elliott of Colt; one son, James Elliott of Chicago, Ill.; one daughter, Margie Crumley of Prescott; four brothers, Billy Elliott of Forrest City, Bobby Elliott of Little Rock, Donald and Johnny Elliott both of Palestine; three sisters, Ida Mae Ballard and Kay Dooley both of Forrest City, Geraldine Pendleton of Riverside, Calif. and four grandchildren. Visitation will be Friday, Dec. 3, from 6 to 8 p. m. at the Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in Wynne. Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 4, at 2 p. m. at the Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Wynne with Rev. Norman Like of the House of Prayer officiating. Burial will follow at Bell Cemetery in Palestine under the direction of Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home. Copyright With Permission: Forrest City Times Newspaper/Forrest City Times Herald Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas