Obit of Ellis, Beulah Blanche - Caddo County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 29 May 2005 Return to Caddo County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/caddo/caddo.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 22 February 2005 BEULAH BLANCHE ELLIS Funeral services for Beulah Blanche Ellis, 94, of Cyril, will be Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 2:00 PM in the Full Gospel Holiness Church, Cyril, with Rev. Donnie Miller, pastor and Bill Patterson of Cyril, officiating. Mrs. Ellis died Sunday, February 20, 2005 at her home following a lengthy illness. Burial will be in the Celestial Gardens Cemetery, Cyril, under direction of Hodge Funeral Home, Fletcher. She was born July 3, 1910 in Whitewright, TX to Robert Lee Nelson and Sarah Elizabeth (Hughes) Nelson. She married James H. Ellis, October 15, 1927 in Coweta, OK. Mr. Ellis died August 1, 1990. She had lived in Texas, Arkansas and Verden, Oklahoma before moving to Cyril in 1941. Mrs. Ellis worked in area cafes as a dishwasher and cook. She had also worked as a provider for ill people in their homes and for over seven years as nurse aide at the Cyril Nursing Home. She was known as 'Grandma' to her own and many others. She loved children and was a member of the Full Gospel Holiness Church, Cyril. Survivors include; three daughters; Pearl Wynn and her husband, Lavern, of Indianhoma, Joyce Gandy of Purcell, and Phyllis Fellows and her husband, Terry, of Cyril. Two sons; Tommy Ellis and his wife, Gladys of Lindsey, and David Ellis and his wife, Carol, of Lawton, two daughters-in-law; Pat Ellis of Cyril and Shirley Ellis of Gahanna, Ohio, a son-in-law, Claude Cogdill of Columbus, Ohio, 25 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren and 26 great great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sons; James, Jr., Jack and Roger Douglas, one daughter, Ima Joann Cogdill, three grandsons, one great granddaughter and one great great grandson, eight brothers and four sisters. At her request in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Full Gospel Holiness Church, 3rd and Idaho, Cyril, OK 73029 or the St. Jude's Children Hospital. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Caddo County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/caddo/caddo.html