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Leona Muriel <I>Dail</I> Elkins

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Leona Muriel Dail Elkins

Birth
Marietta, Cass County, Texas, USA
Death
17 Apr 2007 (aged 84)
Burial
Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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The Minden (La) Press-Herald (Apr. 19, 2007)

Muriel Dail Elkins

Funeral services for Mrs. Muriel Dail Elkins will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, April 20, 2007, at Rose-Neath Chapel with the Revs. Brian Danese and David Farmer officiating. Burial will follow at Fuller Cemetery under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

Visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m., today, April 19.

A resident of Minden for more than 70 years, Mrs. Elkins was born in Marietta, Texas, on Jan. 9, 1923, and died Tuesday, April 17. She was an active part of the Minden community. She was a charter member of the Minden Seventh-day Adventist Church and served as church treasurer for more than 40 years. She helped establish and was an original board member of the Minden United Christian Assistance Program.

She is preceded in death by her husband, E.W. "Jack" Elkins, who died Jan. 27, 1981.

She is survived by five children, Jackie Elkins Johnson and husband Richard of Springhill, Larry Elkins and wife Mona of Minden, Lynn Elkins and wife Paula of Calhoun, Ga., John Elkins and wife Judy of Crestwood, Ky., and Randy Elkins and wife Yolanda of Oakland, Tenn.; eight grandchildren, Rick Johnson, Randall Johnson, Stephanie Elkins, Justin Elkins, Jennifer Elkins Matisson, Adrienne Elkins Humphreys, Hilary Elkins and Jonathan Elkins; nine great-grandchildren, Drake Johnson, Hayden Johnson, Zachary Johnson, Lily Matisson, Maxwell Matisson, Olivia Elkins, Alec Elkins, Avery Humphreys and Alec Humphreys; and her sister, Jerry Dail Neal and husband William of Fort Worth, Texas, the last survivor of the seven Dail siblings.

Pallbearers will be Rich Johnson, Randall Johnson, Justin Elkins, Jonathan Elkins, Adam Humphreys and Daniel Anderson. Honorary pallbearers will be Lonnie Simpson, Julius Hines and Carl Shaw.

Memorials may be made to United Christian Assistance Program or to the Fuller Cemetery Association, 432 Middle Road, Minden, LA 71055.
The Minden (La) Press-Herald (Apr. 19, 2007)

Muriel Dail Elkins

Funeral services for Mrs. Muriel Dail Elkins will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, April 20, 2007, at Rose-Neath Chapel with the Revs. Brian Danese and David Farmer officiating. Burial will follow at Fuller Cemetery under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

Visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m., today, April 19.

A resident of Minden for more than 70 years, Mrs. Elkins was born in Marietta, Texas, on Jan. 9, 1923, and died Tuesday, April 17. She was an active part of the Minden community. She was a charter member of the Minden Seventh-day Adventist Church and served as church treasurer for more than 40 years. She helped establish and was an original board member of the Minden United Christian Assistance Program.

She is preceded in death by her husband, E.W. "Jack" Elkins, who died Jan. 27, 1981.

She is survived by five children, Jackie Elkins Johnson and husband Richard of Springhill, Larry Elkins and wife Mona of Minden, Lynn Elkins and wife Paula of Calhoun, Ga., John Elkins and wife Judy of Crestwood, Ky., and Randy Elkins and wife Yolanda of Oakland, Tenn.; eight grandchildren, Rick Johnson, Randall Johnson, Stephanie Elkins, Justin Elkins, Jennifer Elkins Matisson, Adrienne Elkins Humphreys, Hilary Elkins and Jonathan Elkins; nine great-grandchildren, Drake Johnson, Hayden Johnson, Zachary Johnson, Lily Matisson, Maxwell Matisson, Olivia Elkins, Alec Elkins, Avery Humphreys and Alec Humphreys; and her sister, Jerry Dail Neal and husband William of Fort Worth, Texas, the last survivor of the seven Dail siblings.

Pallbearers will be Rich Johnson, Randall Johnson, Justin Elkins, Jonathan Elkins, Adam Humphreys and Daniel Anderson. Honorary pallbearers will be Lonnie Simpson, Julius Hines and Carl Shaw.

Memorials may be made to United Christian Assistance Program or to the Fuller Cemetery Association, 432 Middle Road, Minden, LA 71055.


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