Obituary of Ellen Rollings

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(The following was written (with very minor edits) by Ellen Rollings only a very few months before she passed to be with her Lord)

Ellen Ledford Rollings passed away May 10, 2013.

She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, March 27, 1916. She was a long time resident of Taylor Home on Spring Park Road in Jacksonville, Florida. She was a member of the University Boulevard Church of the Nazarene in Jacksonville, Florida.

She was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, Evan C. Rollings (ER). They were married in Paris, Kentucky, on Christmas Day, 1937. She was also preceded in death by her youngest daughter, Barbara Jo Rollings (Wood) and her sisters Mary Elizabeth Roberts of Hebron, Kentucky, Emilee Katherine Curry of Lexington, Kentucky, and her brothers, Howard S. Ledford, of Hebron, Kentucky, and Robert T. Ledford, of Dayton, Ohio. Also preceding her in death were her father, Aylesworth Ledford and her mother, Nancy Risen Ledford, of Lexington, Kentucky.

Survivors are her son Evan Lee (Kay) of Jacksonville, Florida, and her daughter Nancy Carol Beach (Ernest) of Paris, Kentucky, and her sister, Hazel Louise Holman (Billy) of Lexington, Kentucky, as well as seven grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.We will dearly miss her but have great comfort in knowing she rests in Peace with our Lord Jesus Christ.

Services will be held at Arlington Park Cemetery and Funeral Home chapel at 6920 Lone Star Road in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Larry Morgan officiating. Visitation will precede the services from 10 to 11 a.m.

The Lord is my shepherd - Psalm 23. I will never leave you or forsake you.Isaiah

"My Testimony"

I am so thankful that "Jesus Loves Me" and "He Saved Me" "Praise His Name" I was always thankful to be raised in a Christian home. My mom and dad loved the Lord and always took us to Sunday School and church (way back when it was by horse and buggy). They were always reminding us to "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, Oh, Lord, My Strength and Redeemer."

How well I remember a revival one night in a small country church in Kentucky (1929), I gave my heart to the Lordand He's been with me through all the storms and good times of my life. Praise His Name!!

And I was thankful for a husband that loved and honored God and so thankful God blessed us with three precious children that love and serve the Lord and who all found a mate that loves the Lord. Here are things I noticed about the three children over the years. Barbi "in trying times she says "God will take care of it all." Nancy - "in troubled times she said 'God is still on the Throne.' And Evan Lee - "Through it all, he's always said, 'He'll take care of it right on time. And for the grand and great grandchildrenI pray they will all give their heart to the Lord and serve Him.

So, you see, I am so glad that "Jesus Loves Me" and gave me a good life and I am ready to see the "King", so, Take my hand Precious Lord, lead me Home!

Thank you,

"Ellen"

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the University Boulevard Church of the Nazarene at 3930 University Boulevard South, Jacksonville, Florida 32216 or to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida at www.communityhospice.com.