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Relatives and friends of late Uncle Ben, Uncle Berry and Uncle Abe Ellison, gathered in Pioneer Memorial Building Sunday, May 12, for a family reunion.
Visiting here for the first time in many years were Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, Corvallis, Ore. and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Taylor, Aransas Pass. The Mmes. Taylor are sisters of Mack Ellison, Crosbyton and the Messrs. Taylor are brothers of Mrs. Cap Ellison, Portales, New Mexico.
A covered dish luncheon highlighted the all day affair. Coffee, tea and cokes were served throughout the day. The 87 guests who registered spent the day visiting and touring the museum.
Out of town guests were: Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dean, Jr., Corvallis, Ore.' Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dean, Sr., Dallas; Nettie Black, Fairoak, Calif.; Michael Lawson, Clovis, New Mex.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor, Aransas Pass; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hogged, Big Spring; Mrs. Therman Gray, Hereford; Mr. and Mrs. Cap Ellison, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Ellison, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ellison and son, Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Dunn, Mrs. Mary Lee, all of Portales, New Mex.; Mr. and Mrs. George Witt and children, Spur; Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Scott and baby, McAdoo; Mr. and Mrs. Don Cummings, Cone.
Also Mr. and Mrs. George Eubank, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Leskie, Mr. and Mrs. Troy (Skinny) Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Folson and children, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ellison and children, Mr. and Mrs. John McDermett, Jr. and children, Ed Ellison, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Young and children, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Armstrong and children, all of Lubbock.
Moved to Crosbyton first Time in 1908; Five Children Survive
Mrs. Annie Christine Ellison wife of Berry Ellison passed away Thursday night at 1�oclock in the home of a daughter Mrs. Bernie Anderson south of Ralls. Mrs. Ellison had been ill of a heart ailment and high blood pressure for several months but was considered improving the past few weeks and was able to take a long drive in the afternoon before she died.Annie Christine Edwards was born January 8th 1875 at Speedwell, Tenn. She was married to Berry Ellison in 1895. The couple moved to Crosbyton in 1908 lived here two years and went to Kentucky for a short time before moving back to Crosbyton.
Five Children 3 girls and 2 boys and 8 grand children survive. The children are Mrs. Bernie Anderson Mrs. Tom Jackson , Miss Lottie Ellison, Haskell V. Ellison and W. L. Ellison. All of Crosby County and were present for the funeral services with the exception of W. L. who lived in Uravan, Colorado.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Primative Baptist church of which the deceased was a member. Elder T.A. Dunn was in charge of the services. Burial was made in the Crosbyton Cemetery.
©Crosbyton Review May 18, 1939
Funeral services for Berry Ellison, 87, are set to be held tomorrow, Friday, at 10:30am at the Primitive Baptist church with Elder E.J. Norman of Wellington, formerly of Crosbyton officiating. Burial will be in the Crosbyton cemetery under direction of King Funeral home.Mr. Ellison died at 2:15am Wednesday morning, at the Crosbyton Clinic hospital, where he had been admitted for treatment last Thursday. He had been in bad health for several years.
Uncle Berry was one of the few remaining people who moved to Crosbyton during the first year after it was established. He came to Crosbyton form Speedwell, Tenn., where he was born Sept. 19, 1863, in the fall of 1908, with his family. At the time he arrived in Crosbyton only eight families lived in the city.
Mr. Ellison was a farmer, but had retired a number of years ago.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. E.L. Ausmus of Grand Junction, Colo., Mrs. Floy King of Sacramento, Calif., Miss Lottie Ellison of Center, Mrs. Tom Jackson of Crosbyton and Mrs. B.L. Anderson of Ralls; two sons; H.V. Ellison of Odessa and W.L. Ellison of Dove Creek, Coo.; a brother, David Ellison of Joplin, Mo.; a sister, Mary M. Ellison who lives in Tennessee; 23 grand children and 39 great grandchildren.
©Crosbyton Review, July 26, 1951
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