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Submitted: 1/4/13 • Approved: 1/4/13 • Last Updated: 1/7/13 • R806074-G0-S3
January 1, 1901, Izard County, Arkansas
January 20, 1987, Cherokee Village, Sharp County, Arkansas
Son of Joseph Marion Twilley & Martha Marsh Reeves Twilley
Married Edith Haley, November 18, 1922, Izard County, Arkansas
White River Current, Calico Rock, Arkansas, January 29, 1987:
Elza Elmer Twilley, 86 of Melbourne, died January 20, 1987 at Cherokee Memorial Hospital, Cherokee Village. He was a retired farmer, a member of the Melbourne Masonic Lodge and the First Baptist Church of Melbourne.
Survivors include: two sons, Marion Franklin Twilley and Charles Twilley, both of Kansas City, Missouri; nine daughters; Juanita Bullock, Covina, California; Louise Bidwell, Denton, Texas; Lauree Craig, Desha; Betty Jo Click, Greenville, Tennessee; Peggy Shipley, Kansas City, Missouri; Doris O’Neal, Columbia, Missouri; Martha Reeves, Delois Webb and Mary Ann Ball all of Mt. Pleasant: one brother, Jim Twilley of Modesto, California ; two sisters, Mary Richards of Odesso, Texas and Ruth Holland of Sudan, Texas; 27 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edith Haley Twilley and 2 daughters, Modena Twilley and Pearlie Lavern Twilley.
Services were held January 23 at Melbourne First Baptist Church with J. C. Montgomery and Owen Harvell officiating. Pallbearers were: Gene Helm, Jim Miller, Tate Lawrence, Kenneth Vest, Eugene Loggins and Burt Weaver. Burial was at Reeves Cemetery with arrangements by Crouch Funeral Home of Melbourne.
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 1/4/13 by maxparnell
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