Leonard Abney Ely

© Cheyenne Star

30 Mar 2006

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Funeral services for Leonard Ely will be conducted Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. from the Main Street Baptist Church of Elk City with Rev. Kris Rambler officiating. Interment will follow at the Dempsey Cemetery under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home of Elk City.

Leonard Abney Ely was born November 2, 1932 at Dempsey, Oklahoma to William H. Crockett and Mary Abney Ely and passed away Friday, March 24, 2006 at the age of 73.

He served his country in the U.S. Army for some 22 years until his retirement.

He then taught school at Burns Flat for some ten years.

He was married to Sally Messecar on April 30, 1955 at Detroit, Michigan and they lived in several places following Leonard's duty in the Army. They lived in Colorado, Alaska and Germany before moving to Burns Flat in 1975 and then to Canute in 1986.

Mrs. Ely preceded him in death in 1989 and in 1991 Leonard was married to Shirley Walker and they have lived in Elk City since.

He was a member of the Main Street Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, two sons, Ronald and Brian, one brother, Hiram Crockett Ely and one sister, Jane Schmidt.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Ely of the Elk City home; four children, Leonard Ely Jr. and his wife Suprena of Elk City; Cindy Frost and her husband Chip of Pueblo, Colorado; Melynda Hutton and her husband Shawn of Elk City; and Raylyn Walker of Elk City; seventeen grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two sisters, Deaton Williams of Elk City and Frankie Tidwell of Cheyenne; and a sister-in-law, Laquita Ely of Cheyenne.