Elsie Ellen Coym Richardson, 68, of St. Elmo, died at 5:35 p.m. Monday April 15, 1996, in St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham.
Services was held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at May Funeral Home, St. Elmo, with the Rev. Dan Brown officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, St. Elmo.
Mrs. Richardson was born December 24, 1927 in Durham, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Coym and Sarah Jones Coym.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Exxon Annuitant Club.
She married Herbert L. Richardson on January 10, 1953 in Wheeler, Texas.
She is survived by her husband; her mother of Cheyenne, Oklahoma: son, Joe Richardson and wife Theresa of St. Elmo; daughter, Mrs. Lindy {Connie} Sasser of Reydon, Oklahoma; brother, Jimmy Coym of Cheyenne, Oklahoma; and Jake Coym of Hewitt, Texas; sisters, Ethel Gray of Fritz, Texas; and Margaret Adams of Greeley, Colorado; seven grandchildren; four great grandsons; and numerous friends.
She was preceded in death by her father and one brother.