Obit of Govett, Ellen Joyce (g130) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 1 Apr 2004 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Govett Freeman Taylor Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1000 Ellen Joyce Govett Services for Ellen Joyce Govett, 82, Sulphur were held Monday, March 29 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sulphur United Methodist Church with Rev. Emery Mason and Harold Hunt officiating. Interment was in Oaklawn Cemetery with Clagg Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Born November 21, 1921 in Denison, Texas to T. E. Freeman and Lockey Lee Taylor Freeman, Mrs. Govett died Thursday, March 25 in Sulphur. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce W. Govett, on October 21, 1995, her parents and a brother, William Freeman. She married on December 24, 1941 in Marietta. A member of the Schubert Music Club, P.E.O. Sisterhood, Oklahoma Music Teachers' Association, National Music Teachers' Association. She also taught private piano and violin lessons for over 50 years. Mrs. Govett was a musician and church pianist and organist, serving the Sulphur United Methodist Church for 50 years. She grew up in Sulphur, graduating from Sulphur High School and attended East Central University and Oklahoma City University. She is survived by a son, Bruce Govett, Mountain View and a grandson, David Govett, Austin, Texas. Pallbearers were Keith John, John Sparks, Pat Howe, Don Braden, Eugene Earsom, Glenn O'Neal, Mitch Tribbey and Dr. G.T. Easley. Honorary bearers were her church family. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm