Elsie Elizabeth Eakin - 10-25-99
CHILTON _ Elsie Elizabeth Eakin of Chilton, a former bookstore worker, died
Tuesday at a Marlin Hospital. She was 84.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Chilton Cemetery, the
Rev. A. A. Bratcher officiating.
Miss Eakin was born Dec. 22, 1910 in Chilton, where she was reared and
educated. She attended Draughans Business College in Waco and moved to
Dallas, where she worked for Cokesbury Bookstore for more than 30 years. She
attended Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas and joined Chilton Baptist
Church after returning to Chilton.
Survivors include two sisters, Marjorie Eakin Chesser of Dallas and Helen
Eakin Hicks of Waco; tow brothers, Eugene e. Eakin of Temple and Edwin M.
Eakin of Austin.
Hoelscher Funeral in Rosebud is in charge of arrangements.