Ellen Laverne Saxton
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Ellen Laverne Royse Saxton was born on January 7, 1943 the 10th child of the late Carl Augustus Royse and the late Lillie Bell George Royse in Pine Bluff, AR. She was married to the late Clarence Larence Saxton on October 16, 1965 at Scyene Christian Church in Dallas. She died on December 10 at the age of 77 in Granbury.
Survivors: daughter Cindy Turczyn; granddaughters Samantha Hermosillo, Celeste Michael; great-grandchildren; Ariana Hernandez, Jake Hernandez, and Chloe Hernandez; sisters, Emma Fay Owings, Bettye Cross; brother, James Royse; cousins, nephews, nieces, grand-nephews and grand-nieces.
Funeral: Thursday, Dec 17, 2020, 10 am, at Oak View Baptist Church, 1004 South Story Road, Irving, 75060. For friends unable to attend, services will be live-streamed at ovbc.net. Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, at 11:30am, 10977 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75220. In place of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity in her name.