Elizabeth “Libby” Cecelia Elliott, formerly of Bardstown, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at DuPont Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Ind. She was the former Libby Allen, and a graduate of Rutgers College in New Jersey. She worked for Kentucky Alliance, the NAACP and other organizations. She was awarded Volunteer of the Year by NAACP. She was a former member of St. Monica Catholic Church.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Richard Greenwell & Florence Cecelia Lydian Allen; one brother, Richard “RC” Allen; and two sisters, Eva Mae Stone and Sue Willie Allen.
She is survived by her husband, George Deo Elliott of Tuscon, Ariz.; three sons, Bryan Elliott and his wife Lisa Elliott, Craig Elliott and Terrance Elliott, all of Louisville; two sisters, Carrie Stivers of Bardstown and Daisy Jean Allen of Louisville; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and a host of cousins, aunts and uncles.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Monday, May 21, 2012, St. Monica Catholic Church in Bardstown with burial in Bardstown Cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2012, and 9-11 a.m. Monday, May 21, 2012 at the church.
Greenwell-Houghlin Northside Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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