Obit of Ellis, J.B. - Kiowa County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 27 Mar 2005 Return to Kiowa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kiowa/kiowa.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Lawton Constitution 1 Dec 2002 J.B. Ellis HOBART — Funeral for J.B. Ellis, 89, Hobart, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hobart First Baptist Church. Mr. Ellis died Friday, Nov. 29, 2002, in Hobart. Burial will be at Hobart Rose Cemetery under direction of Hackney-Gish Funeral Home. He was born Sept. 22, 1913, in Hobart to John A. and Minnie Counts Ellis. He married Zelia Mae Powell on June 24, 1931, in Cordell. She died March 21, 2000. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a prisoner of war in North Germany and a veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was an active member of Hobart First Baptist Church and served 33 years in the National Guard at Hobart. Survivors include two sons daughters-in-laws: Max and Ann Ellis, Oklahoma City; and Paul and Suzanne Ellis, Clovis, N.M.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a brother, Owen Ellis, Tyler, Texas. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hobart Library. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Kiowa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kiowa/kiowa.html