|
| |
Virginia Lee (Richardson) McFee Ellis was born October 7, 1940, in Hominy, Oklahoma to Bobby Gene and Virginia Lou Ellen (Stephens) Richardson in Hominy, Oklahoma. She attended Paxton Schools west of Hominy. She later transferred to Hominy High School.
She married Leonard (Peewee) Martin McFee, Jr in May 1956. They had one daughter, Connie Elizabeth. They divorced and later she married Donald Howard Ellis in November 1959. To this union two daughters were born, Becky Ann and Ladona Lee.
She worked for forty years in the medical field. Virginia started her medical career at Hominy City Hospital as a nurse’s aide. Later working at Arkansas City hospital in Arkansas City, Kansas and Collinsville City Hospital in Collinsville, Ok. She furthered her medical career to become a lab tech. She moved to Pawhuska to be a lab tech at the Pawhuska Hospital. Later joining the staff of Jane Phillips Hospital.
Virginia retired to spend time with her grandkids. Later in life she moved into the Baptist Village in Cleveland, Oklahoma where she got involved in the Bell Ringers group; they traveled to many different events around the area. Also joining the crochet club, where she made infant hats and blankets for babies in the hospitals. She enjoyed taking trips with the Baptist Village and other friends.
Virginia Lee Ellis passed from this life on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents William (Bill) Augusta and Lola Lee (Thomas) Stephens and William and Anna (Childers) Richardson; her parents Virginia Lou Ellen (Stephens) Richardson and Bobby Gene Richardson; an infant brother Gary Dewayne Richardson; a son-in-law Melvin Ray Hashbarger; two sisters Ruth Ellen (Richardson) Couffer and Mary Gene (Richardson) Watkins; one brother-in-law David E Watkins and one nephew Rance Pappan.
She survived by her three daughters Connie Elizabeth (McFee) Hashbarger of Sasakwa OK, Ladona Lee (Ellis) Adams and husband Robert of Texarkana OK, and Becky Ann Ellis of Texarkana TX; six grandchildren Kevin Ray Hashbarger, Gennie Lou Ellen (Hashbarger) Scroggins, Carl L C (Alyssa) Jenkins, Courtney Ryan Adams, Charles Adams, and Clorrisa Adams; seven great grandchildren Madison Rayann Scroggins, Ethan Paul Scroggins, Abigail Elizabeth Scroggins, Lillian Jean Scroggins, Maggie Ruth Hashbarger, Sawyer Ray Hashbarger, and Aiden Don Adams; one great great grandson William Tobias Kane Scroggins; one sister Paula Jan (Richardson) Pappan and husband John; one brother William (Bill) Gene Richardson and wife Nita; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Virginia’s service will be at 3:00 PM on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Powell Funeral Home Chapel in Hominy, OK.
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma CemeteriesThe information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.