Extracted from The Texarkana Gazette (Texarkana, TX)
Tuesday, June 29, 2004

ELLEYEZE GANNAWAY

Elleyeze Gannaway, 83, of Paris, Texas, formerly of Texarkana, Texas, died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at her home.

Mrs. Gannaway was born May 24, 1921, in Walnut Grove, Miss. She was a homemaker, a member of St. James Episcopal Church and the Social Order of the Beacheants. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elton Gannaway in 1995.

Survivors include one son, Rodney Gannaway of Genoa, Ark.; two daughters, Jannette Fletcher of Paris, Texas, and Gale Joensuu of Irving, Texas; one sister, Sarah Wooten of Clarksville, Texas; six grandchildren, Shawn, Shannon, Angela Christopher, Shelly and Sonya; 12 great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives.

Graveside services will be 3 p.m. today in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jim Price officiating. Burial will be under direction of Chapelwood Funeral Home.