Name: Smyer-Ellis_2020-10-16

Updated: 10-17-2020 02:10:17.


Individual Page


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Gay Ellis: Birth: 6 DEC 1920 in Riderwood, Choctaw County, Alabama. Death: 1 JAN 1996 in At home, Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama

  2. Howard Marvin Ellis: Birth: 31 JAN 1923 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. Death: 21 JUL 1979 in At home, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama

  3. Norman Leith Ellis: Birth: 11 DEC 1924 in Stockton, Baldwin County, Alabama. Death: 21 AUG 2000 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

  4. Wesley Crosby Ellis: Birth: 4 APR 1927 in Vaughn Memorial Hospital, Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. Death: 1 AUG 2020 in At home of daughter Leslie Sharbel, Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County, Alabama

  5. Carolyn Ellis: Birth: 25 APR 1929 in Pine Apple, Wilcox County, Alabama. Death: 18 JAN 2013 in Oak Park Nursing Home, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama

  6. Lamar Ellis: Birth: 21 APR 1931 in Pine Apple, Wilcox County, Alabama. Death: 19 MAR 2011 in Clemson, Pickens County, South Carolina


Sources
1. Title:   A Widow's Might
Author:   Carolyn Ellis Lipscomb
Publication:   Name: Magnolia Mansions Press, 1999;
2. Title:   Gabriel Richard Ellis
Author:   Wesley Crosby Ellis
Publication:   Name: 1982 by Wesley C. Ellis;
3. Title:   U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005;
4. Title:   Alabama, Death Index, 1908-1959
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;
5. Title:   Obituary of Henry Marvin Ellis
Author:   D. P. Slaughter
Publication:   Name: Alabama Conference Journal, Methodist Church;
6. Title:   Grave marker photographed by WNS
7. Title:   Wesley C. Ellis
8. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
9. Title:   1910 United States Federal Census
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
10. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010;
11. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
12. Title:   The Bobashel, Millsaps College Yearbook, 1909 (1908-09 school year), Millsaps College Millsaps College Archives, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi

Notes
a. Note:   See Media for Obit.
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  Son Wesley C. Ellis email March 6, 2006: After Millsaps, I don't have a clue what Daddy did. I have heard, however, (I think from Aunt Lola) that he drifted around a bit, working at several jobs before settling down at Chatom, Washington County, Alabama where he met Mama. So it's quite possible that he would have been in Ruston, LA (per 1910 United States Federal Census) during that period. Unfortunately, there's no one left to verify this.
  Son Wesley C. Ellis April 12, 2014 comments about burial:
  Several years ago, (my sister) Carolyn and I discussed the feasibility of having Daddy moved from Selma to Auburn, but decided against it for several reasons. Then Carolyn hit on the idea of having a marker placed next to Mama. If my memory is still functioning correctly, the marker has his name at the top, his birth and death dates and, below that, "Buried in Selma, Alabama." Monday of last week (Mar. 31) was the 81st anniversary of his death.
  The Selma graveside photo of Mama and the six children (See Media) was taken on my birthday, four days after his death and the day after his funeral. Daddy was buried in the lot of Mrs. T. J. Jackson. I'm pretty sure that Mr. Jackson's name was Thomas Jefferson Jackson. Mrs. Jackson's maiden name was Cola Barr Craig. She was widowed also and later moved to Auburn so her children could go to college here. Mrs. Jackson befriended Mama while Daddy was in the hospital and they became lifelong friends. She lived in a beautiful antibellum home on the banks above the river about two blocks from the hospital. She insisted that Mama come to her home anytime to rest, nap, bathe, eat, etc. Sadly the house was demolished a number of years ago and in its place stands an ugly, flat topped, seedy motel. This is progress?
  One more comment: Daddy died during the great depression and Mrs. Jackson knew that Mama did not have money for a cemetery plot. She offered a space on the Jackson lot in New Live Oak Cemetery, reserving the space next to Daddy for Mama when the time came. Time changed that part of the plan, of course.
 

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