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Elmer L. Pelley
9 August 1907 - 5 August 1956

Howe - Services for Bertha Pelley, 93-year-old Howe Texas resident, were at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct 10 at the Howe Church of Christ. She died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002. Toby Soechting officiated with burial following in Akers Cemetery. Mrs. Pelley was born on Feb.
29, 1909, in Turkey, Texas, daughter of David and Katherine Matthews Gunn. She married Elmer Lee Pelley on Oct. 7, 1933. He preceded her in death on Aug. 15, 1956. She was a member of the Howe Church of Christ. She was also preceded in death by one son, Wayne Pelley, and one daughter, Thelma Timpson. Surviving is her daughter, Sue Vance of Howe. She was also a loving grandmother to her five grandchildren, Debbie Pelley, Marietta Youngblood, Barbara Smitherman, Terry Hooper and Susie Cooley, eight great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Flesher Funeral Home in Howe had charge of arrangements.