Obituary of Mrs. Ann Ellington

The following obituary was transcribed by Suzanne Forte (suzanneforte@bellsouth.net) from a scrapbook in her possession, belonging to her great grandmother, Cora Lorena Foster Weeks. Lorena was born Jan 25, 1877 in Freestone Co, Texas and died Jan 6, 1952 in Gilmer County, Georgia. This obituary was presumably from the Gilmer County newspaper, the Times Courier, but could have been from the Atlanta, Georgia, newspaper, the Atlanta Journal/Constitution.

Surnames: Ellington, Mulkey

Date: 3 Jan 1953

"Funeral Wednesday At Oak Hill For Mrs. Ann Ellington"

   Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Oak Hill Methodist church for Mrs. Ann Ellington. Rev. W. D. Gray and Rev. M. H. Smith officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery with Logan Funeral Home in charge.

   Mrs. Ellington who would have reached her 90th birthday on the 25th of this month, died Tuesday morning at 9:30 at the home of her son, Willard Ellington, just north of Ellijay some two miles where she had made her home for many years.

   The widow of the late B. F. Ellington who preceded her in death March 10, 1924, she was born and reared in Gilmer county where her entire life was spent. Before her marriage she was Miss Ann Mulkey, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Mulkey, pioneer settlers of this county, and was born near Cartecay. She was a member of Oak Hill Methodist Church, uniting with the church there early in life.

   She is survived by two sons, William Ellington of Ellijay and B. H. Ellington of Cincinnati, Ohio; five grandchildren and one great grand child.