Doris Genelle Ellis

July 14, 1933 - August 29, 2012

Doris Genelle Ellis, 79, Granite, OK Funeral service will be at the People’s Cooperative Funeral Home Chapel, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. with Rev. David Hogg officiating. Burial will be at the Rock Cemetery, Granite, Oklahoma, under the direction of People’s Cooperative Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the Funeral Home on Thursday between 6 and 8 P.M. please view and sign the online guestbook at peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com Doris Genelle Ellis was born ton Alva Jack and Gertie Eva (Henderson) Hurt in Hobart, Oklahoma on July 14, 1933 and departed this life in Altus, Oklahoma on August 29, 2012 at the age of 79 years, a month and 15 days. Doris grew up in and graduated High School in Granite, OK in 1951. She first married George Willis Roberson in 1954 and they made their home in California while he was in the Navy, they moved back to Granite in 1976. She later married Harry Ray Ellis on November 16, 1979 in Wellington, Texas, he passed away on March 14, 2012. She was a homemaker who loved jigsaw puzzles, embroidery, sewing and was an avid OU fan. She made tooth pillows that she handed out to kindergarteners for their lost teeth. She was a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Harry Ellis; daughter, Debra Jean Roberson; a brother, Alva Joe Hurt and three sisters, Marie Thorton, Betty Brooks and Jean Hurt. Survivors include a son Carl “Bud” Roberson and wife Donna who was a special caretaker for Doris of Altus; two daughters, Terri Roberson of Altus and Jerri Stricker of Granite; two brothers, Donald Wayne Hurt and wife Linda of Chandler, OK and Robert Doyle Hurt of Granite; two sisters Joan Walton of Mangum and Yvonne Stevens of Springfield, MO; five grandchildren, Amanda Snodgrass, Carl Roberson, Robin Roberson, Kelli Lee and Lucas Stricker and many other relatives and friends.