Obituary of Elizabeth Ann Elkins

Funeral services for Elizabeth “Bokie” Elkins are scheduled for 2 PM Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Mount Union Baptist Church with Bro. Marty Black and Bro. Marcell McGee officiating. A time of visitation will be held Tuesday from 12 noon until 2 PM service time at the church. Services will be under the direction of Golden Funeral Home of Bastrop. Mrs. Elkins, a homemaker, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2024, at the age of eighty-nine. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Elkins was a member of Mount Union Baptist Church, where she served as pianist for over fifty years. She also was a member of the Women’s Missionary Union, where she served as president. She worked in the church nursery, Vacation Bible School, helped with the youth, and, as a great cook, served many meals. She was also a very talented seamstress. Mrs. Elkins participated in three mission trips to South Louisiana, and also served as a yellow hat as part of the Rolling Hills Disaster Relief Ministry and participated in two trips to New York City after 9-11. She is survived by her husband of seventy-one years, Bobby Elkins; daughter, Carol Ann Chrisman and husband, David; sons, Bobby Stephen Elkins and wife, Melanie, and Ricky Dale Elkins and wife, Robin; sister, Bette Theis and husband, Art; six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Mrs. Elkins is preceded in death by her parents, Harmon and Eva Rogers Smith; siblings, George Harmon Smith, Rudolph Smith, Lavon Smith, Kenneth Smith, and Nell Rambin; and granddaughter, Paige Elkins. Serving the pallbearers will be Brian Elkins, Mike Holley, Colby Rushing, Zachary Chrisman, Jace Cranford, and Caleb Elkins, and Cody Elkins. Memorial contributions may be made to the CARTI Foundation of Arkansas. Donation instructions may be found at: https://www.carti.com/foundation/donate-now/ .