Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 13, in University Baptist Church in Carbondale, with the Rev. John Annable officiating. Inturment will be at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Murphysboro.
Meredith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Published in The Southern Illinoisan on Feb. 19, 2014
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CARBONDALE -- Anna Elizabeth (Ellis) "Ebby" Brunty, formerly of Tempe, Ariz., and Carbondale, passed into heaven Monday, Feb. 4, 2014.
Ebby was born in Pomona, to Ben and Edith Ellis, on July 1, 1928. She was one of seven children, and grew up in Murphysboro where she was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church. She was also a member of the University Baptist Church of Carbondale for over 50 years.
In 1944 she married the love of her life, Delman Brunty. They enjoyed 61 years together until his death in 2005. In 1947 they moved to Carbondale, where she lived the rest of her life, except for the last few months when she was hospitalized in Arizona. Ebby was a devoted wife, mother, friend and Christian.
She is survived by her loving son, Joseph Brunty, of Tempe, Ariz., and his wife, Sheila; grandchildren, Tim Brunty and Devin Kempster of Arizona; great-grandchildren, Allen Smith, Nicole Kempster, Kylan Kempster and Katherine Brunty; and sister, Wanda Kuharich of the Chicago area. She leaves many well-loved nieces, nephews and cousins, as well as friends that she cherished for many years.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Hurchel "Red" Ellis, Dale Ellis, Ray Ellis, Carl Ellis and Joe Pete Ellis and her parents.
Services will be at University Baptist Church in Carbondale, at 1 p.m. March 13, with the Rev. John Annable officiating. Inurnment will be next to her husband, at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Murphysboro.
Memorials are the preferred form of remembrance and may be made to or University Baptist Church and will be accepted by Meredith Funeral Home.
To leave an online condolence, visit, www.meredithfh.com.
Published in The Southern Illinoisan on Mar. 9, 2014
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 13, in University Baptist Church in Carbondale, with the Rev. John Annable officiating. Inturment will be at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Murphysboro.
Meredith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Published in The Southern Illinoisan on Feb. 19, 2014
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CARBONDALE -- Anna Elizabeth (Ellis) "Ebby" Brunty, formerly of Tempe, Ariz., and Carbondale, passed into heaven Monday, Feb. 4, 2014.
Ebby was born in Pomona, to Ben and Edith Ellis, on July 1, 1928. She was one of seven children, and grew up in Murphysboro where she was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church. She was also a member of the University Baptist Church of Carbondale for over 50 years.
In 1944 she married the love of her life, Delman Brunty. They enjoyed 61 years together until his death in 2005. In 1947 they moved to Carbondale, where she lived the rest of her life, except for the last few months when she was hospitalized in Arizona. Ebby was a devoted wife, mother, friend and Christian.
She is survived by her loving son, Joseph Brunty, of Tempe, Ariz., and his wife, Sheila; grandchildren, Tim Brunty and Devin Kempster of Arizona; great-grandchildren, Allen Smith, Nicole Kempster, Kylan Kempster and Katherine Brunty; and sister, Wanda Kuharich of the Chicago area. She leaves many well-loved nieces, nephews and cousins, as well as friends that she cherished for many years.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Hurchel "Red" Ellis, Dale Ellis, Ray Ellis, Carl Ellis and Joe Pete Ellis and her parents.
Services will be at University Baptist Church in Carbondale, at 1 p.m. March 13, with the Rev. John Annable officiating. Inurnment will be next to her husband, at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Murphysboro.
Memorials are the preferred form of remembrance and may be made to or University Baptist Church and will be accepted by Meredith Funeral Home.
To leave an online condolence, visit, www.meredithfh.com.
Published in The Southern Illinoisan on Mar. 9, 2014
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