Eddy County, NM - OBIT:  Ed Hollis

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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - September 28, 1999

HOLLIS
Services were held Monday, September 27, at New Hope Baptist 
Church in Hobbs, NM for former Artesia resident Ed Hollis of
Portales, NM.  Hollis, 75, died on September 24 at his home south
of Portales.  He was born on November 30, 1923, in Winniewood, OK.,
to Laura and Tom Hollis.  He moved to Artesia in 1943 from
Winniewood.  He married Ida Winnell Merrell on February 25, 1947
in Carlsbad, NM.  He moved to Portales in 1984.  He is survived
by his wife Ida Winnell Hollis of Portales; sons Carey Hollis,
wife Paula, of Houston, TX, Russell Lee Hollis of Portales,and
Van Hollis of Houston; daughters Ova Fagen, husband Neil, of
Hobbs, and Gail Sikes, husband David, of Portales; and five
grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents, six
brothers and two sisters.