Ida Mae Else was born March 30, 1939, to parentage of the Isaac L. and Hazel Sammon Hale in Rusk County, Texas. She attend public school in Mayflower Community in Tatum, TX, She received Christ at a early age in Jerusalem C.O.G.I.C. and Galilee Missionary Baptist Church. She devoted her life to being a health care provider for many years as a medication aide and caregiver.
She entered holy matrimony w/ Thomas Else Jr., and to their union, six children were born.
She was preceded in death by her husband, daughter, parents, and eight siblings.
Those remaining to cherish Ida's memories include her five children, Eugene Hale (Mary) of Tatum, Texas, Thomas Else III, Mona Blakely (Bernard) and Teresa Graves (Anthony), all of Dallas, Texas, and Walter Else (Karen) of Garland, Texas; one stepson, Thomas Welch of Dallas, TX; one sister-in-law, Vera Phillips of Dallas, TX; 14 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great aunts; as well as a host of nieces, nephew, cousins and friends..