A REFLECTION OF LIFE OF
Ella Elder
Birthdate: July 31, 1930
Birthplace: Notasulga, Alabama
Parents: Ben Gallagher & Fannie Potts
Marital Status: The late Johnny Frank Elder
Residence: 721 South Washington Avenue, Apopka, Florida
Education: Public School, Macon & Lee Counties, Alabama
It was on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Advent Health of Apopka
that God summoned a special angel to silently transition
Mother Ella Elder to the celestial realm where peace dwells for
eternity. She departed this life and entered into eternal rest.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Frank
Elder; father, Ben Gallagher; mother, Fannie Potts; daughter,
Johnnie Mae Ligon; son, Richard Donald Elder; and brother,
Malachi Woods.
She leaves to cherish fond and precious memories: loving
daughters, Louise Jones (Aaron), Gail White, Rosemary
Davis, and Fannie Elder, all of Apopka, Florida; adoring sons,
Thomas Elder (Margaret) and Calvin Elder, Sr. (Gwendolyn);
daughter-in-law, Philippa Elder of Oxford, Georgia; sisterin-
law, Shirley R. Woods of Apopka, Florida; twenty-seven
grandchildren; fifty-one great-grandchildren; and a host of
cousins, nieces, nephews, and many sorrowing friends.
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