Anson, TX -- Leona M. Elkins, 67, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2010, at her residence in Anson. Services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Bethel Assembly in Anson. Burial will follow in the Double Mountain Cemetery in Stonewall County, directed by Abilene Funeral Home.
Mrs. Elkins was born August 3, 1943 in Funston to the late Lorene and Kenneth Earl McCoy Sr. She and Freddy M. Elkins were married April 16, 1960 in Abilene. He passed away on May 15, 2010. Mrs. Elkins started her law enforcement career in 1974 in Stonewall County and later in Jones County as a deputy. In Jones county she taught D.A.R.E. to the area youth. She retired in 2008 as the 911 Coordinator for Jones County.
Survivors include three sons, Freddy Wayne and Kellye Elkins of Blanchard, Oklahoma, Sammy Myers and Shelia Elkins of Merkel and John Wesley Elkins of Plainview, Texas; two daughters, Thressa and Ronny Stewart of Anson and LeeAnn and Michael Diaz of Merkel; a brother, Kenneth Earl McCoy Jr. of Abilene; two sisters, Martha McCoy Nigro and Elwanda McCoy Hoffman, both of Abilene; 15 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Elkins was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter, Delania Elkins Abbott, a sister, Barbara McCoy Boyd Trapley and a nephew, Jimmy Justin Hoffman.
A visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Published in Abilene Reporter-News on August 20, 2010
Mrs. Elkins was born August 3, 1943 in Funston to the late Lorene and Kenneth Earl McCoy Sr. She and Freddy M. Elkins were married April 16, 1960 in Abilene. He passed away on May 15, 2010. Mrs. Elkins started her law enforcement career in 1974 in Stonewall County and later in Jones County as a deputy. In Jones county she taught D.A.R.E. to the area youth. She retired in 2008 as the 911 Coordinator for Jones County.
Survivors include three sons, Freddy Wayne and Kellye Elkins of Blanchard, Oklahoma, Sammy Myers and Shelia Elkins of Merkel and John Wesley Elkins of Plainview, Texas; two daughters, Thressa and Ronny Stewart of Anson and LeeAnn and Michael Diaz of Merkel; a brother, Kenneth Earl McCoy Jr. of Abilene; two sisters, Martha McCoy Nigro and Elwanda McCoy Hoffman, both of Abilene; 15 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Elkins was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter, Delania Elkins Abbott, a sister, Barbara McCoy Boyd Trapley and a nephew, Jimmy Justin Hoffman.
A visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Published in Abilene Reporter-News on August 20, 2010
Anson, TX -- Leona M. Elkins, 67, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2010, at her residence in Anson. Services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Bethel Assembly in Anson. Burial will follow in the Double Mountain Cemetery in Stonewall County, directed by Abilene Funeral Home.
Mrs. Elkins was born August 3, 1943 in Funston to the late Lorene and Kenneth Earl McCoy Sr. She and Freddy M. Elkins were married April 16, 1960 in Abilene. He passed away on May 15, 2010. Mrs. Elkins started her law enforcement career in 1974 in Stonewall County and later in Jones County as a deputy. In Jones county she taught D.A.R.E. to the area youth. She retired in 2008 as the 911 Coordinator for Jones County.
Survivors include three sons, Freddy Wayne and Kellye Elkins of Blanchard, Oklahoma, Sammy Myers and Shelia Elkins of Merkel and John Wesley Elkins of Plainview, Texas; two daughters, Thressa and Ronny Stewart of Anson and LeeAnn and Michael Diaz of Merkel; a brother, Kenneth Earl McCoy Jr. of Abilene; two sisters, Martha McCoy Nigro and Elwanda McCoy Hoffman, both of Abilene; 15 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Elkins was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter, Delania Elkins Abbott, a sister, Barbara McCoy Boyd Trapley and a nephew, Jimmy Justin Hoffman.
A visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Published in Abilene Reporter-News on August 20, 2010
Mrs. Elkins was born August 3, 1943 in Funston to the late Lorene and Kenneth Earl McCoy Sr. She and Freddy M. Elkins were married April 16, 1960 in Abilene. He passed away on May 15, 2010. Mrs. Elkins started her law enforcement career in 1974 in Stonewall County and later in Jones County as a deputy. In Jones county she taught D.A.R.E. to the area youth. She retired in 2008 as the 911 Coordinator for Jones County.
Survivors include three sons, Freddy Wayne and Kellye Elkins of Blanchard, Oklahoma, Sammy Myers and Shelia Elkins of Merkel and John Wesley Elkins of Plainview, Texas; two daughters, Thressa and Ronny Stewart of Anson and LeeAnn and Michael Diaz of Merkel; a brother, Kenneth Earl McCoy Jr. of Abilene; two sisters, Martha McCoy Nigro and Elwanda McCoy Hoffman, both of Abilene; 15 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Elkins was preceded in death by her parents, a granddaughter, Delania Elkins Abbott, a sister, Barbara McCoy Boyd Trapley and a nephew, Jimmy Justin Hoffman.
A visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Published in Abilene Reporter-News on August 20, 2010
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