Extracted from the Panola Watchman (Carthage, TX)
Sunday, April 19, 1992

ELBERT E. ELDER
1909-1992

Funeral services for Mr. Elbert E. Elder, 82, of Beaumont, Texas, formerly of Panola County, were held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 17, 1992 at Hawthorn Funeral Chapel. Interment followed in Antioch Cemetery. Mr. Elder died Monday morning, April 13, at his residence in Beaumont of a brief illness.

Born on July 4, 1909, in Vera, Texas, he was the son of John William and Janie Shackleford Elder. Mr. Elder had been a resident of Beaumont since moving from Timpson, in 1944. He had been employed in Nederland, Texas, for Pure Oil Company for over 27 years and was a member of the Insulators Local Union. Mr. Elder was a member of Central Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Mr. Elder is survived by three sons, Elbert J. ``Chick'' Elder of Phoenix, Ariz., and John G. Elder of Saratoga, Calif., and Larry D. Elder of Beaumont; one daughter, Nita J. Eakins of Saratoga, Calif.; one brother, Archie Elder of Houston; three sisters, Gladys Gardner of Atlanta, Texas, Marie Gardner of Dallas, Texas, and Johnnie Jones of Shreveport, La.; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.