Wanda (Parker) Elder, age 72 passed away in Dallas on June 14, 2015.
She was born in Ennis on September 17, 1942, to Jefferson Davis and Syble Helen (Milner) Parker. She married Newburn Leo Elder on October 16, 1972, in Dallas. Wanda was a caring, giving person and member of Hopewell Assembly Of God Church for 30 years.
She is survived by a daughter, Sherri Webb of Arlington, Wash.; stepdaughter, Melinda Sanders of Corsicana, Texas; three sons, Bruce Lord of Bonham, Texas, Michael Lord of Waxahachie, Texas, and Clifford Lord and wife Beth of Frost, Texas; eleven grandchildren, Angela, Crystal, J.D., Deana, Christopher, Brian, Shawn, Steven, Tabetha, Kevin and Stacy; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; sister, Carla Dunham and husband Mike of Terrell, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Newburn Elder; two grandchildren, Catherine and Elizabeth; two brothers, Gerald and Richard.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Ennis.
A Service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 19, at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Ennis with Tim Grant and Leroy Elmore officiating. Interment will follow at Rice Cemetery in Rice, Texas. Serving as pallbearers will be: Jeremy Dunham, J.D. Webb, Brian Lord, Shawn Lord, Steven Lord, Andrew White, and Mark Hayden.
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Arrangements are under the direction of the Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home, 800 S. Kaufman, Ennis, TX. 972-878-2211.
