Mattie Ellis Cotten Obituary, Hot Spring County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dennis Gibson - grandmother Date: 3/19/2006 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Mattie Ellis Cotten Jan 17, 1961 Arkansas Gazette Mrs. Mattie Cotton, Wife of Joe B. Cotton Benton, Jan. 16.–Mrs. Mattie Cotton, aged 52, of near Benton, wife of Joe B. Cotton, died Monday at a Hospital here. Other survivors include three sons, Bobby Cotton of New Mexico, Loal Cotton of Benton and Lester Cotton of Haskell; four daughters, Mrs. Lillian Sprague of Texas, Mrs. Jane Blair of Haskell, Mrs. Lucy Simmons of Traskwood and Miss Shirley Cotton of Benton; her mother, Mrs. Mittie Burnett of Little Rock; three brothers, Frank Ellis, Albert Ellis and Wilborn Ellis, all of Little Rock and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Ashby Funeral Service. (Arkansas Gazette, Jan. 17, 1961)