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Allen Matthew "Matt" Ellison

17 Jun 1908 – 14 May 1997

Birth	17 Jun 1908
Death	14 May 1997
Cemetery	Delhi Cemetery Delhi , Beckham County , Oklahoma , USA
Added by	R Burnett on 06 Mar 2021
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37564152

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Allen Mathew Ellison Sayre, OK - Allen Matthew "Matt" Ellison, 87, died Wednesday, May 14, 1997. Services will be at 10 am today in Sayre First Assembly of God Church with Jim Banks and Damon Akins officiating. Burial Will be in Delhi Cemetery by rose Chapel Funeral Service. Mr. Ellison was born in the Spring Creek community south of Sayre. He was raised in the Spring Creek area and went to school there before graduating from Delhi. He then began farming. He married Gladnie Towry. She died in 1943. He later married Mary Lee Bonnifield. They operated the 283 Gin and Country Story before he enlisted in the Navy. He served with the Seabees during World War II. After being discharged he returned to western Oklahoma and opened a laundry business in Sayre. He moved to Washington in 1954 to farm. After his wife, Mary, died he returned to Sayre and worked for the police department and the county. He attended the Assembly of God Church. Mr. Ellison married Luedeen Henson in 1964 at Sayre. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Nadine Holland of Lawton; a son, Gary Ellison of Sayre; a brother, Elmo Ellison of Shamrock, TX; seven grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; and eight great great grandchildren.

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Family

Parents

• Mathew Greenlee Ellison 1861–1954
• Minnie Elizabeth Worthen Ellison 1873–1941

Spouse

• Mary Lee Bonifield Ellison 1908–1957 FaG
• Gladnie Mamie Towry Ellison 1909–1943 FaG
• Etta Van Luedeen Harrington Ellison 1911–2007 FaG

Siblings

• Bertha May Ellison Cook 1887–1982
• Willie Martin Newton "Bill" Ellison 1889–1969
• Ruby Blanche Ellison Satterwhite 1892–1980
• Nettie Lee Ellison Heard 1895–1979
• Jasper Lawrence Ellison 1897–1978
• Oma Bell Ellison Hildebrand 1898–1982
• John Ashley Ellison 1900–1938
• Dortha Viola Ellison Armbruster 1902–1972
• Lora Gertrude Ellison Dewees 1904–1980
• Anna Ellison Melot 1906–1984
• Ural Raymond Ellison 1910–1983
• Dodson Bertnel "Dot" Ellison 1911–1994
• Cleta Mildred Ellison Ramsey 1913–1995
• Elmo Lewis Ellison 1916–2003

Children

• Delphia Nadine Ellison Holland 1928–2017 FaG

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