Mrs. Ella Mae Costner's Obituary
Mrs. Ella Mae H. Costner
06/04/1952 – 07/24/2024
Mrs. Ella Mae Hoilman Costner, age 72, of Newport, passed away Wednesday evening, July 24, 2024 at Johnson City Medical Center.
She was preceded in death by her grandson Gabriel Andrew Costner; mother Retha Junive Frazier; father Frank Hoilman; mother-in-law Leatrice May Costner; sisters LeVonda Sutton and Alpha “Snitchie” Evelyne Campbell; and a brother Curtis Frazier.
Survivors include her husband Daniel Costner of Newport, daughters Jessica (Alex) Mowry of Knoxville and Danielle (Adam) Edwards of Sevierville; granddaughters Emma Mowry and Chesley May Mowry both of Knoxville; brothers David Wayne Frazier of Newport and Frank (Sandra) Hoilman of Cosby and a special brother-in-law Donnie Costner of Newport. Additional survivors include several aunts, uncles, nieces including special nieces whom she considered as her daughters: Jamie (Damon) Lewis, Amanda (Josh) Reed, and Veronica Taylor, nephews, cousins and friends including a special friend, Ethel Green.
The funeral service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Monday evening, July 29,2024 in the Costner-Maloy & Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Marta Cogburn officiating. Family and friends will meet at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Resthaven Memorial Gardens for the 11:00 a.m. entombment. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday evening prior to the service.
Funeral Arrangements entrusted to Costner-Maloy & Brown Funeral Home.
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