Elva Jo Ezzell

Elva ‘Jo’ Ezzell

Elva “Jo” Ezzell, 67, of Holliday, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Holliday with the Rev. Darryl Sewell, pastor and Gil Peters, officiating. Interment will follow at the Holliday Cemetery under the direction of Owens & Brumley Funeral Home of Wichita Falls.

A daughter of Andrew Fred and Iva Pearl (Brooks) Hambright, she was born May 15, 1940, in Nocona. On Oct. 4, 1956, she married Ben Ezzell in Wichita Falls. She was secretary-treasurer of Ezzell Metal Products, Inc. and formerly owned Jo’s Beauty Salon. A former president of the American Business Women’s Association, she was also named “Woman of the Year.” She volunteered for the American Red Cross and the YWCA. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Holliday. She was preceded in death by her father, Andrew Fred Hambright; two brothers, Andrew Daniel Hambright and Freddie L. Hambright; a sister, Frankie Clarice Alley and her granddaughter, Nancy Marie Gonzalez.

Survivors include her husband, Ben Ezzell of Holliday; children, Iva Elvalene Cameron and husband, Gil of Holliday; Bennie Ezzell and wife, Annette of Coppell; James Bradley Ezzell of Holliday; and Cookie Ezzell Moer and husband, Dee of Rockwall; half- sister, Geraldine Moore of Duncan, Oklahoma; mother, Iva Pearl Brooks of Duncan, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Bambi Wortham and husband, Brad of Archer City; Tiffany Brandenburg; Brad Ezzell; Cayleigh Ezzell; Hannah and Emma Moer; Leah Ezzell; Benton Ezzell; Spencer Ezzell; and Nick Fernandez; great-grandchildren, Brianna and Bradley Wortham.

Serving as pallbearers will be: Brad Ezzell, Benton Ezzell, Nick Fernandez, Spencer Ezzell, Ivan Hambright, and Dan Alley.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be mad to First Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 687, Holliday, Texas 76366.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.owensandbrumley.com.

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