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Ellen Thigpen Obituary

KENANSVILLE - Ellen Ballard Thigpen, 80, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at Quinn Hospice Center in Kenansville. There will be a private family service at a later date. Survivors include her daughter, Heather McDaniel of Colorado; sons Michael Greenhalgh of Rose Hill and Richard Thigpen of Kenansville; sisters Joyce Morrison of Virginia and Dorothy Raynor of Florida; brother Albert Ballard of Wyoming; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Quinn Hospice Center, P.O. Box 887, Kenansville, NC 28349. Online condolences may be sent at SerenityNC.com. Arrangements are by Serenity Funeral Home of Beulaville.

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Published by Free Press from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, 2013.

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