HAZLETON, Ind. -- Gordon Cunningham Elliott, 73, died at 8:06 a.m. Thursday at his home. He had owned and operated Elliott's Grocery & Hardware Store in Hazleton for 17 years. He was a former employee of Chrysler Corp., and had worked for Louisville Tin and Stove Co. for 20 years. He was a member of Shiloh Methodist Church, International Order of Odd Fellows No. 389, Hazleton Order of the Eastern Star, Gibson Masonic Lodge No. 420 F. & A. M., Hadi Shrine and Scottish Rite, both of Evansville, and American Legion Post 114. He was a World War II Air Force veteran. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, the former Margaret Ann Caniff; a daughter, Cassandra Lee Budden of Indianapolis; two sons, Gordon 'Cary' Elliott of Georgia and James Curtner Elliott of Tennessee; a brother, Jerald 'Curtner' Elliott of Oakland City; three grandchildren and two great-granddaughters; and nieces and nephews. Arrangements are pending at Kendall Funeral Home in Princeton. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.