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	Subject:	1930 obit for Mrs. E. A. Wallis
	Post Date:	May 22, 2009 at 19:14:42
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Carter County Citizen Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma Thursday, September 4, 1930 Mrs. E. A. WALLIS Mrs. E. A. WALLIS, 70 years old, a resident of Childress, Texas, for a number of years, and mother of M. M. WALLIS of Ardmore, died early Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. R. CARTER, of Wichita Falls after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the home of her son, LARKIN WALLIS, by Rev. J. T. GRISWOLD, pastor of the First Methodist Church. The body was laid to rest in Childress cemetery. Mrs. WALLIS was born in Jamestown, Arkansas on June 6, 1860. She was married there in 1883 and went with her husband to Texas in 1907. The family moved to Childress in 1915 and Mrs. Wallis made her home there until about four years ago. She was the mother of 13 children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. One, Mrs. MARTHA EVILINE KEELE, died in 1923. Surviving are seven sons: F. E. WALLIS of Gainesville; M. M. WALLIS of Ardmore; LARKIN WALLIS of Childress; C. M. , R. L., E. A. Jr. and C. H. WALLIS of Oakland, California; and five daughters, Mrs. CARTER of Wichita Falls; Mrs. J. J. HENDERSON of Fort Worth; Mrs. CARRIE WALLIS KEELE of Dimmett, Texas; Mrs. VIVA BONNINGTON of Oakland, California; and Miss JEWELL WALLIS, who lived with her mo