Ennis - Alonzo
ALONZO ENNIS
Source: obituary in a scrapbook from a collection of Fauniel Hershberger's typed by Walt W dated 1960
Alonzo (Lon) Ennis, age 85, a life resident of Fountain County, died at 1:35 a. m. Monday, Nov. 7 at his home in Portland Arch on Covington Rt. 3, following three years of ill health. Born April 4, 1875, at Waynetown, he was the son of Lewis J. and Olive L. Henderson Ennis. He had been a farmer most of his life and worked on various farms in the Portland Arch community. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Belle Hancock, Mrs. Nellie Mae Trott and Mrs. Florence L. Santmyre, all of Covington Rt. 3; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by seven brothers and a sister. Funeral services were held this afternoon, Nov. 8, at 2 o'clock at the Fountain Christian Church in Portland Arch. The Rev. James W. Weaver officiated. Burial was in the Fountain Cemetery with the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in charge. -- kbz