OBITUARY

ELLIS RAY PRESLEY
1916 - 1999
Springfield, MO

 

Bolivar Herald-Free Press
Bolivar, MO

Ellis Ray Presley, 83, Springfield, died at 2:15 p.m. June 30, 1999, in St.
John's Regional Health Center.

He was born Feb. 17, 1916, in Morrisville and was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Springfield. He was preceded in death by his father, Gus Presley; his mother, Stella Presley; and a brother, Tony Presley.

He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Bertha Presley; two
sons, Roy Lynn Presley and his wife, Betty, Pleasant Hope, and Tim Presley
and his wife Nina, Strafford; a daughter, Margaret Carroll and her husband,
Jerry, Springfield; seven grandchildren and two step grandchildren; a sister,
Francis Rucker, Springfield; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services were Saturday, July 3, in Greenlawn Funeral Home South. Interment was in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.