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Irene Ellis - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, April 6, 1978

Funeral services for Mrs. Irene Ellis, 58, of Tallulah, were held Tuesday in Willow Bayou Baptist 
Church with the Rev. J. W. Bignar officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery under the 
direction of Crothers Funeral Home of Tallulah.

Mrs. Ellis died Sunday evening in Madison Parish Hospital after a lengthy illness.

A native of Smith County, Miss., Mrs. Ellis resided in Madison Parish for 38 years. She was a member 
of Willow Bayou Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, J. W. Ellis of Tallulah; a son, Mike Ellis of Tallulah; three daughters, 
Mrs. Annie Lois Wixson of Gulfport, Miss., Mrs. Linda Pryor of Deer Park, Texas and Mrs. Vickie Jones 
of Tallulah; a brother, Buford Ashley of Meadville, Miss.; three sisters, Mrs. Inez Sullivan, Mrs. 
Louise Hetland and Mrs. Marilyn Rogan, all of Tallulah; and nine grandchildren.

Deacons of the Willow Bayou Baptist Church served as pallbearers.