Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen V. Chadwick Carroll, age 91 of Carthage, Texas, will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 2, 2007 at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Allen Tilley officiating. Interment will follow in Clayton Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday evening at the funeral home. Mrs. Carroll passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2007 in Carthage.

Ellen Virginia Chadwick Carroll was born on September 3, 1915 in Burleson County, Texas to Jim and Ester Echols Philp. Ellen married William E. Chadwick on October 4, 1930 and he preceded her in death in 1989. She was a member of the Eastern Star Carthage Lodge # 747 where she served as Worthy Matron numerous times. Ellen had lived her lifetime in Panola County where she was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, two sisters, three brothers, and one great-granddaughter, Melissa Brooks.

She is survived by one daughter, Margaret Duke of Carthage; two sisters, Ester Rhody and husband Elgin of LaGrange and Dorothy Morgan of Houston; and two grandchildren, Donette Hogan and husband Don of Alabaster, Alabama and J. E. Duke and wife Debra of Carthage.

If desired, memorials may be made to Hearts Way Hospice, 1306 Pine Tree Road, Longview, Texas 75604.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.