Carter Co., OK - OBIT:  Ellen Ragan (Keeton) Morris

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Submitted by:  Harold Lynn Morris
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Ellen Ragan (Keeton) Morris
   
Surnames: ALEXANDER, KEETON, MORRIS, RAGAN
   
    

  Mrs. Ellen Morris Dies in New Mexico

  Mrs. Ellen Morris, 81, former resident of the
  community, died Tuesday mornig in the home of her
  daughter, Mrs. J. R. Alexander, Clovis, N.M., where
  she had been visiting for the past six months.

  She was the widow of R. W. Morris, Ardmore.
  Other survivors include a son, Gilbert Morris, Plant Foreman for Pepsi-Cola 
  Bottling company.

  Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending
  return of the body to Ardmore by Bettes.
  {source: The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Carter, OK 22 Sep 1953, front page]

  Morris Rites are Scheduled

  Services for Mrs. Ellen Keeton Morris, 80, who
  died Tuesday in Clovis, N.M., will be at 2 p.m.
  Thursday in Bettes Chapel. Burial will be in Legate
  Cemetery.

  George F. Carter, minister of the Central
  Church of Christ, will preside. Serving as
  pallbearers are Lem Keeton, Von Keeton, Morris
  Keeton, Guy Keeton, James R. Cox and Buster Cox.

  Mrs. Morris was the widow of R. W. Morris, Love County farmer, and had lived 
  in this community 55 years. She was born Nov. 11, 1872, in Pilot Point,
  Texas.

  Survivors incclude one son Gilbert M. Morris,
  825 B Street Southeast, a daughter, Mrs. J. R.
  Alexander, Clovis; three brothers, John Keeton,
  Sanger, Texas; Bud Keeton, Lone Wolf; Walter Keeton
  Hollis; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Farris, Hollis,
  and Mrs. Maude Stevenson, Amarillo, Texas; two
  grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
  [source: The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Carter, OK 23 Sep 1953, page 3]
  Note: she was the daughter of Alexander Helm Keeton
  and Margaret Ellen Ragan.