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Elvira S (Davis) Callins
Mar 2, 1932 - Aug 30, 2015
Posted by Jo Aguirre
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Funeral service for Elvira S. Callins, 83, Hollis, Oklahoma
will be at the Harmon County Funeral Home Chapel at 10:00 A.M. on Friday,
September 4, 2015 with Pastor Tammy Ingram, Zion Hill Baptist Church
officiating. Burial will be at the Fairmount Cemetery, Hollis, Oklahoma.
Ms. Callins passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Elvira S. Callins was born to James and Minnie (Sterling) Davis in Bryan, Texas
on May 2, 1932. She married Jim Wilson at an early age and to this union Jimmy
Ray Wilson was born. Elvira united with the Zion Hill Baptist Church over fifty
years ago where she loved playing the piano and singing with the Church Choir.
She later began a group called "the Gospel Singers". The group consisted of six
other women singers. Elvira later married J.D. Callins and Clyde Davis, and they
both preceded her in death. She worked many years doing upkeep of the local
phone company office. She also spent some time working for Theil Cummins, his
family was like family to her. Elvira loved playing the piano, working in her
yard, playing with her (Bandit) and being with family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, all of her siblings; a
son and a daughter.
Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Wilson and wife Dorothy of Columbia, South
Carolina and Kenneth Wilson of Bryan, Texas; three grandchildren, Traci Wilson
of Columbia, SC, Stephanie and husband Martin Suarez of Lawton, Oklahoma and
Marquis Wilson of Bryan, TX; four great grandchildren; two great great
granddaughters a host of nieces and nephews and many other friends.