MONDAY, JULY 23, 1979
Services for Laura Corder, 83, of Midland will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park.
Mrs. Corder died Monday at her home following a long illness.
She was born March 17, 1896, in Lott and moved to Midland 25 years ago from Colorado City where she had lived for five years. She had also lived in Trent for five years before moving to Colorado City.
Mrs. Corder married James Gray Elliot in 1917 in Anson. He died in 1936. She then married Robert B. Corder of Merkel. He died in 1944.
Mrs. Corder worked for Crestview Baptist Church until her retirement in 1968. She was a member of West Kentucky Street Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, John G. Elliot, Charles Elliot, and Louis Elliot all of Midland; two daughters, Mrs. Stephen (Louise) Decovic of Austin and Mrs. William Derr of Waterloo, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Opal H. Hinkle of Midland and Mrs. Carl Lollar, Sr. of Anson; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
MONDAY, JULY 23, 1979
Services for Laura Corder, 83, of Midland will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park.
Mrs. Corder died Monday at her home following a long illness.
She was born March 17, 1896, in Lott and moved to Midland 25 years ago from Colorado City where she had lived for five years. She had also lived in Trent for five years before moving to Colorado City.
Mrs. Corder married James Gray Elliot in 1917 in Anson. He died in 1936. She then married Robert B. Corder of Merkel. He died in 1944.
Mrs. Corder worked for Crestview Baptist Church until her retirement in 1968. She was a member of West Kentucky Street Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, John G. Elliot, Charles Elliot, and Louis Elliot all of Midland; two daughters, Mrs. Stephen (Louise) Decovic of Austin and Mrs. William Derr of Waterloo, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Opal H. Hinkle of Midland and Mrs. Carl Lollar, Sr. of Anson; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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