Hunt Co., TX - Obituaries - Evia Ellington Medford *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: "Sarah Swindell" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Evia Ellington Medford Evia Ellington Medford, 75, of Celeste, Texas passed away February 7, 1987 in a Greenville nursing home. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 14, 1987, at Mount Olive Baptist Church with Rev. Homer Reed officiating. Burial was in McWright Cemetery. She was born September 15, 1911 in Nacogdoches, Texas, daughter of Sorrell Ellington and Vadia Ellington. She married Willie Medford in 1950 in Celeste. She was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Celeste. Surviving are sons, Willie Medford, Jr.,and Horace Medford, both of Greenville; daughter, Vadia Bogar of Denison; sisters, Marie Johnson of Nacogdoches; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Cozine Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. (February 19, 1987, The Leonard Graphic)