Mary Ellen Bays
BY Staff Reports
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Mary Ellen Bays, 90, of Carl Junction, MO was reunited with her husband in heaven on November 18, 2012. Ellen was born in Spiro, OK, February 10, 1922. She married Harry Bays on November 18, 1939 and they moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma where she gave birth to their only son, Harry Don Bays. Ellen was preceded in death by her husband in 1984, and moved to Carl Junction, MO in 2009. Ellen was preceded in death by her sisters Annie Carter, Mahala Priest, Bell McCoy and her two brothers Odis Dees and Benjamin Dees. She was sur- vived by her son Don Bays of Aurora, CO, her grandchildren Kim Buchold of Castle Rock, CO and Kile Bays of Aurora, CO. She also had three great-grandsons, Zachary and Andrew Buchold and Alexander Bays. Ellen was blessed with two nieces, Sondra Strickland and Pam Johnson who lovingly cared for her during illnesses. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m., Tuesday evening at Moore’s Eastlawn. Service 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at Moore’s Eastlawn Chapel, 1908 S. Memorial Drive, Tulsa, OK. Services entrusted to Moore’s Eastlawn. This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on 11/20/2012.