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Mrs. Carolyn Nell Ponch Bullock, age 83, of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation, died peacefully Sunday, May 25th in Christus St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Beaumont, Texas.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 28, 2008 in the Indian Presbyterian Church at 10:00 AM, with the Rev. Ray Gearing officiating. Interment followed in the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation Cemetery.
Mrs. Bullock was born May 26, 1924 in Indian Village, Texas to Jessie Poncho and Maggie Thompson. She later married Matthew Mathis Bullock, April 18, 1942. To this union, three sons were born, Morris Reynolds Bullock, William Newton Bullock, and one who died as an infant. Mrs. Bullock was a loving housewife, friend, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt. She was known for her outstanding cooking. Mrs. Bullock was a member of the Indian Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Bullock was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sons, and sisters, Bessie Annise Bullock and Dorothy Ragsdale, brothers, Raymond Poncho and Charles Cleveland Poncho.
Survivors include daughter, Shila Battise of Livingston; granddaughter, Debbie Battise-Kleinman of Livingston; great-granddaughter, Krista Kleinman of Livingston; sister Kathleen Bullock of the reservation, numerous nieces and nephews. Close family friend Yvonne Yeager.
Pace Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.