John
Lemuel Ellis
THE
ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1956
COLORADO CITY ~~ Funeral services will be held in Kiker & Son Chapel here at
10:30 a.m. Saturday for John Lemuel Ellis, 83.
Officiating will be the Rev. Jack Elzey, pastor of the First Methodist
Church. Burial will be in Colorado City Cemetery.
Mr. Ellis, a retired real estate dealer, died in Root Memorial Hospital here
Thursday afternoon after a long illness.
Born July 12, 1867 he was married in Alabama to Rachel Angie Miller. She
died in 1940.
Mr. Ellis had been a resident here for 59 years. He was a member of the
First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Melvin Ellis of Westbrook, Bolden Ellis of
Fort Worth, and Van Ellis of Pecos; four daughters, Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs.
A. R. Wood and Mrs. A. F. Callan of Colorado City and Mrs. A. M. Seale of
Arrey, New Mexico; one sister, Mrs. Leona Henson of Pecos; 23 grandchildren
and 45 great-grandchildren.
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