Emerald Ellis

Funeral Services for Emerald Ellis, 33, Clinton resident will be 11:00 A.M., Monday, November 20, 2017, in the First Baptist Church in Clinton, OK, officiated by Rev. Chris Fields. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery, under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. A Traditional Wake will be held starting at 7:00 P.M., Sunday, November 19, 2017, in the Cheyenne & Arapaho Indian Community Building. Emerald Louise Ellis was born May 16, 1984 to Vearl and Velva (Naranjo) Fulsom in Clinton, Oklahoma and passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, in Oklahoma City. Emerald was raised in Clinton, Oklahoma where she graduated high school in 2003. She had worked at Sonic Drive-In and McDonald's; she most recently was employed with the Lucky Star Casino and the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma as a Surveillance Manager. She was a member of the Native American Church, and participated in Sundance. She enjoyed watching movies, being with family, cooking, eating, singing, and listening to music. Emerald also helped raise all her nieces and nephews. Emerald was preceded in death by her brothers, Kevin Navanjo and Vearl Joe Louis. She is survived by her sons, Royce Ellis 5 years old, and Steven D'Wayne 2 weeks old, both of the home; her parents, Vearl and Velva Fulsom, Clinton; sisters, Jissena Mott and husband Miles, Jade Flores, and Nizhoni Naranjo, all of Clinton; also survived by her paternal grandparents, Joe and Jean Fulsom, Dexter, KS, and maternal grandparents, Bernice and Ervin Bull, Clinton. Emerald is also survived by her nieces and nephews, Jessica Slinkey, Kevin Naranjo II, Kaylan Naranjo, Kenzie Naranjo, Emillie Harrison, Savanah Flores, and Adam Wayne Flores, and numerous other family members.