ELLENBURG, Violet M. 

CARTHAGE — Graveside services for Violet M. Ellenburg, 91, 
of Carthage are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003, in 
Sunset Cemetery in Gilmer with the Rev. Freddy Mason 
officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Lipsey 
Family Funeral Home. Visitation at the funeral home will 
begin at noon on Monday, Feb. 24, with the family receiving 
friends 6-8 p.m. Mrs. Ellenburg died Friday night, Feb. 21, 
2003, at Briarcliff Health Center in Carthage.

Mrs. Ellenburg was born March 1, 1911, in Searcy, Ark. She 
was the daughter of Hugh and Sue Anna Parks Ashley. She was 
a homemaker and a Baptist. She had lived in Carthage since 
August 2000, moving from Longview. She was a Baptist.

Mrs. Ellenburg was preceded in death by her husband, Chesley 
Ellenburg, who died Jan. 27, 1973, and one son, Jack Ellenberg, 
who died Sept. 6, 1988.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Dr. 
Claude Eddy of Carthage; two sisters, Dorothy Helms of Longview 
and Martha Norwood of Corpus Christi; and a daughter-in-law, 
Anneliese Ellenberg of Garland. Survivors also include her 
grandchildren, Sabrina Silvernail and her husband, Jack, of 
Hooper Bay, Alaska; Gloria Bowen and her husband, Phillip, of 
Rowlett; Shelia Robinson and her husband, Ruston, of Garland; 
and Susan Ewida and her husband, Khaled, off Dearborn, Mich. 
Survivors also include four great-grandchildren, Shane 
Silvernail and his wife, Kelli, of Morrison, Colo.; Nicole 
Graves of Garland; Abdullah Ewida of Dearborn, Mich.; and 
Jolie Bowen of Rowlett. Mrs. Ellenburg is also survived by 
numerous nieces and nephews.

Longview News Journal, 2/23/2003