LEOLA LOU IVY BRECKENRIDGE DECKER GIFFORD BARRIS,
90, died on June 29, 1998 at Strawn, TX, with burial
at Evergreen Cemetery in Ranger, TX. Leola was born
on June 10, 1908 in Stamford, TX to Ephraim E. &
Lonnie Flynt Ivy and moved to Ranger in 1918.
She graduated from Ranger High School in the
Class of 1925/1926 & attended Ranger Jr. College.
She retired from Best Supply Company in El Paso
and moved to Ranger in 1972 and to Strawn in 1975.
She married Elmo F. Decker & later Burley Gifford
who died in 1966. Afterward she married Henry S.
Barris who died in 1972. Her sister was Evelyn Ivy
Cobb (RHS-1928).