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Effie Terrill, Effie

Effie Terrill

Services: Have been held.

Mrs. Effie Belle Terrill, 91, of El Paso, Texas, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at her home.

She was born on July 12, 1914, in Quail, Texas, to J.W. and Myrtle Jewel Crowley.

She married Buster Terrill on Nov. 28, 1935, in Santa Rosa. She lived the majority of her life in the Clovis and Melrose area. She spent the last seven years living with her daughter in El Paso, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Bill Terrill; and a son-in-law, John Crews Sr.

Survivors include a daughter, Sonjia Crews of El Paso; two granddaughters, Kim Arispe (and husband, Rick) and Karlyn Crews, all of El Paso; a grandson, John Crews Jr. of El Paso; two great-grandchildren, Kayleigh and Mackenzie Crews, both of El Paso; a sister, Ina Miller of Logan; two brothers, Ernest Crowley (Daisy) of Carlsbad and James “Pete” Crowley (Bobbie) of Farmington; and a daughter-in-law, Sandee Terrill of Garland, Texas.

Sam Kelley will officiate the services.

Burial will be at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens in Clovis.

Honorary pallbearers are John Crews Jr., Julian Herrera, Rick Arispe, Bob Houk and Bernie Manfrey.

Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home of Clovis.