LORMAN — Graveside services for Laura Mae Dent Ellis, 94, who died Feb. 7, 2012, at Promise Hospital in Vicksburg, will be at 11:15 a.m. Thursday at Cane Ridge Cemetery in Lorman. Mrs. Ellis’ nephews, the Revs. David Brooks of Nettleton and Michael McReynolds of Hillsboro, Texas, will officiate. Visitation will be at Glenwood Funeral Home in Port Gibson from 10 a.m. Thursday until the service.

Mrs. Ellis was born June 23, 1917, in Lorman, the daughter of Warren W. and Laura M. Dent. She was a graduate of United Vocational High School and Clark’s Business School. She worked as a bookkeeper in her father’s auto repair business and at Southwest Electric Power Association. She also worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Lorman.

Mrs. Ellis was a lifelong resident of Lorman, a member of the Cane Ridge United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star. When she retired from the postal service, she loved to garden and cook and was an avid reader. She also enjoyed traveling and doing needlework.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 54 years, Iler Killingsworth Ellis; and her siblings, Camille Dent Brooks, Nell McReynolds and Bedford “Pete” Dent.

Survivors include her daughter, Linda Ellis Sikes; sons, Iler Scott Ellis and Warren Anon Ellis; granddaughters, L. Korinne Sikes Bello, Anona Ellis Davenport and Mercedes Ellis; and grandsons, Steven Ellis Sikes and Warren Iler Ellis. She also leaves seven great-grandchildren, Jacqueline Bello, Taylor Sikes, Laura Bello, Samantha Bello, Sage Davenport, Ryder Davenport and Asher Davenport; and many nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be son-in-law, S.A. “Butch” Sikes; grandsons, Steven Ellis Sikes and Warren Iler Ellis; nephews, Michael Dent and Hayden Dent; and special friend, Jamie Curtis.

The family would like to thank the staff at Promise Hospital and Dr. Paul Pierce III for the loving care they gave during the last days of our loved one’s life.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Cane Ridge Cemetery Association, 4353 Rodney Road, Lorman, MS 39096 or to the charity of your choice.

Glenwood Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.