This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell, Rankin, Morris, Ellis, Borrell, Johnson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2100 Message Board Post: Modesto Bee dated 9 January 1990. Nellie Pearl Rankin, 99, of Ceres, died Sunday. SERVICES: Graveside 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ceres Cemetery. Visitation noon to 8 p.m. today at Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel. BACKGROUND: Native of Teegarden, Ind. Lived in Ceres since 1974. Homemaker. Member Pentecostal church. SURVIVORS: Four children, Oscar Russell of Cottonwood, Ariz., Howard Russell of Clarksdale, Ariz., Benny "Dick" Russell of Phoenix, Ariz., and Larry A. Russell of Santa Fe, N.M. Three sisters, Faye Ellis of Modesto, Effie Borrell of Ceres and Mary Johnson of Empire. Twelve grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.