This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elkins, Baird, Malloy, Weldon, Christian, Bacon Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3431 Message Board Post: Bertha Juanita Elkins July 16, 1909 - Aug. 27, 2005 Bertha Juanita Elkins, 96, of Bay City, died August 27, 2005, at the Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City. She was born July 16, 1909, in Sayer, Oklahoma, to the late James Henry and Bertha Ray Malloy Baird. Mrs. Elkins was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, a resident of Bay City since 1946, and was the owner/operator of Elkin’s Laundry for many years. Survivors include: daughter, Peggy Weldon of Bay City; son, Bill R. Elkins, Jr. of Houston; five grandchildren, Jennifer Weldon of Bay City, David Weldon and wife Teresa of Arlington, Michael Weldon of Sugar Land, Sandra Christian of Dickinson, and Bill R. Elkins, III of Bay City; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by: her husband, W.R. Elkins; sister, LaVern Bacon; and brothers, James Brooklyn, Charles Henry, Stampley Malloy, Roger Gayle and Forrest Fields Baird. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mike Zimmerman and the Rev. James Muier officiating. Interment followed at Cedarvale Cemetery. Pallbearers are to be Bill R. Elkins III, David and Michael Weldon, Louis Fojtik, James Orr, Tyler Rilley Elkins and David William Bleakley. Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City (979)245-4613. Bay City Tribune August 31, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas