She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob Sr. and Ella Mae Pharr, Son, Clark B. Rankins, Sr.; Husband, Elijah Ellis; & Brother, Jacob Pharr, Jr.
She leaves to cherish her memories seven children, Anthony (Brenda) McNeil, Wanda Rankins Sipp, Shirley (Earl) East, Anthony Ellis, all of Pascagoula, MS; Margaret Rankins Avery, Booker (Bettye) T. Rankins, Jr., of Gautier, MS; Alma (Jesse) Woodard, III of Gretna, LA; ex-husband, Booker T. Rankins, Sr.; step-children, Rita (Seth) Little, Janice Wyche, Patricia Ellis (Stephen) Downey, Glen Ellis & David Ellis of Texas; Two sisters, Mary Alice Strother, Lucille Pharr of California; Devoted cousins Regina (Wilbert) DeShields, Warb (Lia) Pettway & Marguerite Adams; Devoted friends, Barbara Neal, Normia Edgar & Emogene Watson Rankins, 30 grandchildren & a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob Sr. and Ella Mae Pharr, Son, Clark B. Rankins, Sr.; Husband, Elijah Ellis; & Brother, Jacob Pharr, Jr.
She leaves to cherish her memories seven children, Anthony (Brenda) McNeil, Wanda Rankins Sipp, Shirley (Earl) East, Anthony Ellis, all of Pascagoula, MS; Margaret Rankins Avery, Booker (Bettye) T. Rankins, Jr., of Gautier, MS; Alma (Jesse) Woodard, III of Gretna, LA; ex-husband, Booker T. Rankins, Sr.; step-children, Rita (Seth) Little, Janice Wyche, Patricia Ellis (Stephen) Downey, Glen Ellis & David Ellis of Texas; Two sisters, Mary Alice Strother, Lucille Pharr of California; Devoted cousins Regina (Wilbert) DeShields, Warb (Lia) Pettway & Marguerite Adams; Devoted friends, Barbara Neal, Normia Edgar & Emogene Watson Rankins, 30 grandchildren & a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and other relatives.