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Ellouise Crawley Wells Neal, 87

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Ellouise Crawley Wells Neal, 87, died April 23 at her home after a six-week illness.

A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she served as a member of the Retired Senior Volunteers Program (RSVP) for 21 years.

The daughter of the late William Oscar and Josie Eliza Williams Crawley; she was preceded in death by her first husband, William Hoyt Wells in 1981; second husband, W.E. (Buck) Neal in 1994; and grandson, Jeffery Alan Shockley.

She is survived by son, Herschel Wells of McMinnville; daughter, Jo Ellen Young of McMinnville; sisters and brothers-in-law, Audrene Sissom of McMinnville, Avare and Horace Ramsey Jr., Alvena and James Davis, all of Morrison; grandchildren, Julie Shockley Surles, Josie Shockley Looney, Jamie Shockley Key, Herschel Wells Jr., and Chad Wells; and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at High’s Chapel with James Boyd officiating. Burial will follow at Morrison Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until time of service today at High’s. Memorial donations may be made to Lazarus House Hospice or the American Diabetes Association.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 25, 2004

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