* Colonel in his name is not a military rank.
Colonel O. Elkins Services Held
HOLLOW ROCK, Tenn. - Services for Colonel Omer Elkins, 60,
were at 2 p.m. today at Prospect Baptist Church with the
Rev. Neil Butler and the Rev. John Summers officiating.
Burial was in Prospect Cemetery with Bruceton Funeral Home
in charge. Mr. Elkins died Monday night at Carroll County
General Hospital at Huntingdon after a short illness. He
was a retired employe of Malone & Hyde Grocery Company of
Jackson. He was a Carroll County native and had lived in
Jackson for seven years until retiring a year ago. Mr.
Elkins' parents were the late Hawkins and Cora Boswell
Elkins. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Laura Smothers Elkins
of Hollow Rock; a son, Troy Elkins of Waverly; a daughter,
Mrs. Christine Pritchard of Huntingdon; two sisters, Mrs.
Clayton Robinson of Bruceton and Mrs. Opal Kee of Raviel,
La.; a brother, Otis Elkins of Bay, Ark.; and four
grandchildren.2
Sources:
- Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- The Jackson Sun, 18 Oct 1967, Wed, Page 10
- Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
