LEON CORNELIUS

FORT WORTH -- Leon Elmo and Willie Ruth Cornelius went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the chapel at Robertson Mueller Harper. The Rev. Bill Warren will officiate. Following services in the chapel, Elmo and Ruth will be laid to rest in Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: The couple will lie in state Wednesday in the Great Room at the funeral home, where their family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials: Consideration of contributions to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer's Association of North Texas, in memory of Elmo and Ruth, is suggested. Elmo and Ruth were married Dec. 10, 1966. Elmo was born Oct. 9, 1922, in Caddo Mills. Ruth was born Sept. 19, 1921, in Waxahachie. Elmo served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a skilled woodworker all of his adult life, a trade he dearly loved. He was the owner of Bomex Products Co. and retired in 1984. Elmo loved to fish and could spend hours on the lake; on special occasions,...