Glendle L. Elsworth, son of the late Homer Elsworth and Madge Bell Partin Elsworth was born in Bernie, Missouri on May 21, 1933 and departed this life at his residence in Malden, Missouri on August 17, 2015 at the age of 82.

Mr. Elsworth had worked for Cotton Hill Township, he drove a Roadgrader.  He was a member of Bernie General Baptist Church.

He was united in marriage to Ellen Faye Talley in Corning, Arkansas on April 2, 2004.  She remains in their home in Malden. 

Other survivors include three sons, Wendle Elsworth, Laroy Elsworth and Dean Elsworth & wife Teresa, all of Bernie, Missouri; by one step-son, Michael Leasure & wife Peggy of Malden, Missouri; by four daughters, Carolyn Stroup & husband Danny, of Malden, Missouri, Melba Johnson & husband Guy, of Bullshoals, Arkansas, Debbie Williams & husband Les, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri and Donna Ormsby of Bernie, Missouri; by two sisters, Laurissa Brandon and Brenda Brown & husband Dick, all of Dexter, Missouri; by 11 Grandchildren and 7 Great-Grandchildren; also by other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death other than by his parents, by three brothers, Chalmer Elsworth, Hershel Elsworth and Leon Elsworth; by three sisters, Linda Elsworth, Mary Louise Hobgood and Donis Elsworth. 

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Thursday, August 20, 2015 from 11:30 A.M. until 1:30 P.M. 

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie starting at 1:30 P.M. with Rev. Steve Fitzpatrick and Rev. Marlin Durham officiating. 

Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.