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George Porter Ellison

1 Mar 1870 – 23 Jan 1960

Birth	1 Mar 1870
Death	23 Jan 1960
Cemetery	Sunnyside Cemetery Savoy , Fannin County , Texas , USA
Added by	Larry Standlee on 24 Mar 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/268594709

Bio

Bonham Daily Favorite, Bonham, Texas, Sunday, January 24, 1960, Page 4 G. P. Ellison Dies; Rites Sunday P.M. SAVOY (Spl.) - George Porter Ellison, 89, a retired farmer, died in a Bonham hospital at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, following a brief illness. Services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday in Wise Funeral home chapel in Bonham. Interment will be in Sunnyside cemetery at Savoy. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Zula Ellison of the home address in Savoy; two sons, M. J. Ellison of Bonham and Murnie Ellison of Yreka, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Vennie Clevenger of Fort Worth; one brother, Plez Ellison of Caddo, Okla.; a sister, Miss Eva Ellison of Wichita Falls; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Born March 1, 1870, in Kentucky, Mr. Ellison came to Texas with his parents in 1882. He was married to Miss Lou Ella Ward Dec. 9, 1894, and she died in 1916. In 1919 he married Miss Zula Stapleton and they have made their home in and around Savoy since then. He was a member of the First Methodist church in Savoy.

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Family

Parents

• Benjamin Franklin Ellison 1838–1915
• Margaret Jane Rountree Ellison 1839–1924

Spouse

• Luella Ellison 1875–1916 FaG
• Zula E. Stapleton Ellison 1891–1962 FaG

Siblings

• Sarah Elizabeth Ellison White 1862–1943
• Pleasant James Ellison 1872–1963
• Artemus Zennus "Art" Ellison 1876–1957
• Eva A Ellison 1878–1969

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