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Lou Ella “Ellar” <I>Ballard</I> Rapert

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Lou Ella “Ellar” Ballard Rapert

Birth
Death
1 Nov 1970 (aged 74)
Burial
Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block F Row 5
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Lou Ellar Ballard was the daughter of John and Mary (Pond) Ballard and was born in Burr, Missouri. On 14 Mar 1911 in Corning, Clay County, Arkansas she married Benjamin F. Rapert. Benjamin Franklin Rapert was the son of Leander and Sarah (Gamel) Rapert of Randolph County, Arkansas. Benjamin and Ellar divorced in 1945. Benjamin Rapert died on 15 Oct 1966 in Lake City, Craighead Co., Arkansas.

The Niles Daily Star carried an obituary for Lou Ellar Rapert on 02 Nov 1970 and it reads: "Niles-Mrs. Ellar L. Rapert, 416 N. Fourth St., died at 3:30 a.m., Sunday in the Dor-A-Lin Nursing Home, after an extended illness. Born Nov. 25, 1895, in Burr, Mo., Mrs. Rapert had lived here for one year, coming from Berrien Springs. Survivors include four sons, Elvest and Clifford, both of Jackson, Hall of New Port Richie, Fla., and Clyde of Orlando, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Effie Qualls of Lake City, Ark., and Mrs. Loretta Frasher of Niles; 27 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the McLauchlin Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, with Elder Elmer Malcom of the Berrien Springs Seventh-day Adventist Church officiating. Burial will be in rose Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs. Friends may call at the funeral home."

Her daughter Loretta (Rapert) Frasher was to be buired in this cemetery. Her daughter Effie (Rapert) Qualls is buried in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas as is Ellar's husband Ben Rapert. Her son Clifford J. Rapert is buried in the Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. Her son Otto Clyde Rapert is buried in the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter Co., Florida. Other children were: Ulis Tifoney Rapert who died 30 May 1967 in Memphis, TN and is buried in the Monnete Cemetery in Monette, Craighead Co. Arkansas, Elvest O. Rapert who died 27 Jan 1989 in Parma, Jackson Co.,MI and Halbert R. Rapert who died on 20 Jun 1995 in Bradenton, Manatee Co., Florida.
Lou Ellar Ballard was the daughter of John and Mary (Pond) Ballard and was born in Burr, Missouri. On 14 Mar 1911 in Corning, Clay County, Arkansas she married Benjamin F. Rapert. Benjamin Franklin Rapert was the son of Leander and Sarah (Gamel) Rapert of Randolph County, Arkansas. Benjamin and Ellar divorced in 1945. Benjamin Rapert died on 15 Oct 1966 in Lake City, Craighead Co., Arkansas.

The Niles Daily Star carried an obituary for Lou Ellar Rapert on 02 Nov 1970 and it reads: "Niles-Mrs. Ellar L. Rapert, 416 N. Fourth St., died at 3:30 a.m., Sunday in the Dor-A-Lin Nursing Home, after an extended illness. Born Nov. 25, 1895, in Burr, Mo., Mrs. Rapert had lived here for one year, coming from Berrien Springs. Survivors include four sons, Elvest and Clifford, both of Jackson, Hall of New Port Richie, Fla., and Clyde of Orlando, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Effie Qualls of Lake City, Ark., and Mrs. Loretta Frasher of Niles; 27 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the McLauchlin Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, with Elder Elmer Malcom of the Berrien Springs Seventh-day Adventist Church officiating. Burial will be in rose Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs. Friends may call at the funeral home."

Her daughter Loretta (Rapert) Frasher was to be buired in this cemetery. Her daughter Effie (Rapert) Qualls is buried in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas as is Ellar's husband Ben Rapert. Her son Clifford J. Rapert is buried in the Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. Her son Otto Clyde Rapert is buried in the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter Co., Florida. Other children were: Ulis Tifoney Rapert who died 30 May 1967 in Memphis, TN and is buried in the Monnete Cemetery in Monette, Craighead Co. Arkansas, Elvest O. Rapert who died 27 Jan 1989 in Parma, Jackson Co.,MI and Halbert R. Rapert who died on 20 Jun 1995 in Bradenton, Manatee Co., Florida.


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  • Created by: William Brackett
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97457831/lou_ella-rapert: accessed ), memorial page for Lou Ella “Ellar” Ballard Rapert (25 Nov 1895–1 Nov 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97457831, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by William Brackett (contributor 46974269).