Denton, Elsa Jeanne Darnell 


GILMER -- Services for Elsa Jeanne Darnell Denton, 79, of Gilmer, are scheduled 
for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 10, 2006, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints in Gilmer, with Phillip Bryant officiating. Burial will follow in Glenwood 
Cemetery of Upshur County. Arrangements are under the direction of Croley Funeral 
Home in Gilmer. Ms. Denton passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2006, in Gilmer. Ms. 
Denton was born September 10, 1926, in Upshur County, to James Oscar Darnell and 
Viva Maude Myers. She was a critical care nurse and educator at ETMC-Tyler until 
her retirement. Ms. Denton lived in Gilmer for the last three years, was a member 
of the Pink Ladies Auxiliary in Gilmer, and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints. Ms. Denton was preceded in death by her father, birth mother 
and her mother, Audie Hail Thornton; brother, Jim Darnell; sister, Betty Black; 
and grandson, Christopher Michael Denton. She is survived by her sons and 
daughters-in-law, Michael Alan and Virginia Denton of Gilmer, and David Lindsey and 
Laura "Jill" Denton of Wasilla, Alaska; sister and brother-in-law, Lou and Norton 
Lovell of East Mountain; brother-in-law, Bill Black of Gilmer; sister-in-law, Sheron 
Decker of Gilmer; grandchildren, Alan Denton, Angela Denton Moore, Matt Denton, 
Lindsey Michelle Denton, and David Scott Denton; seven great-grandchildren, Blake 
Kramer, Tyler, Mikenna, Breanne, Andrew, and Logan Denton, and Charlee Elizabeth 
Moore; and many nieces, nephews, and close friends. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. 
Friday, June 9, 2006, at Croley Funeral Home of Gilmer.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/8/2006.