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Submitted: 4/1/11 • Approved: 4/1/11 • Last Updated: 7/29/12 • R501424-G501423-S3
Born 1923, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Died 1950, Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas.
Daughter of James C. & Mila Luvenia Hodges Marler.
Married Cobert Ellis, August 9, 1938, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Obituary from The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas:
Mrs. Rilda Marler Ellis
Funeral services for Mrs. Rilda Marler Ellis, 27, who died at the State Sanatorium in Booneville Tuesday of last week, were held Wednesday at the Fairview Baptist Church, with the Rev. Carl Davis officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Valley cemetery with the Roller-Barber funeral service in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Ellis is survived by her husband, Colbert Ellis; a daughter, Rosetta; a son, Charles Dean, all of Mountain Home; three sisters, Mrs. Ella Trammell and Mrs. Ada Dodson of Yuba City, Calif., and Mrs. Rosa Sander of Gassville; four brothers, Willie Marler and Isaac Marler of Gassville and Calvin Marler and Reuben Marler of Yuba City, Calif.; and her grandfather, Elder J. H. Marler of Gassville.
Contributed on 4/1/11 by maxparnell
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