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Show “fe WLS Odell ‘Butch’ Ellis ' LAYTON - “Odell ‘Butch’ Ellis, 55, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 1995 at his home. He was born on April 20, 1940 in Buckner, Arkansas, a son of Adell and | Bina. _ Wesley > BUS He ae married Sammie Louise White on Octo- © ber 1, 1962 in | Elko, Nevada. He attended school’ ...4n Stamps, Arkansas before mov‘ing with = his family to. Ogden © in 1957. He fin- | ished his educa- fe tion tL Bonneville He was | High sete, a member of the ew Zion Baptist Church and had been a mem- | der of the Masonic Lodge Mt. Ogden © #20 F.& AM. He worked for Hill ir Force Officers Club, Base Defense Depot Ogden and the Utah State Liquor Store in Layton. Odell loved to work and often held two jobs at a time. At the time of his | | | — death, he was a material inspector at Hill Air Force Base. He was also a pro- — | fessional cook. Odell loved to cook and travel, but — best of all he loved life and family which he displayed through his love of 4 photography. Surviving are his wife of Layton; two -gons and one daughter, Michael Odell Ellis, Layton; Neil Jeffrey Ellis, Salt . _ Lake City; Crystal Louise Ellis, Denver, CO; one grandson, Mount Gilead, N.C. Also surviving Jeffrey Odell, are his mother and stepfather, Bina and Alfred McCowan, - Ogden; two brothers and one sister, Philemon ‘Bob’ Ellis, Ogden; Alfred Douglas McCowan, West Valley City: Betty Jean Tucker, Ogden, many sis— ters-in-law, brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. held will be services - Funeral am. 11 at 13, December Wednesday, 2935 Church, Baptist Zion New ~ at the Lincoln Avenue, with the Rev. France A. Davis, officiating. — — — _ § &£ § & § § Friends may call at Lindquist’s Og- “den Mortuary, 3408 Washington Bivd., and from 6 to 8 p.m, Tuesday Wednesday at the Church from 10 to 10:45 a.m. | Interment, Evergreen, ‘Memorial. Park. fr te ar é |