Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.
He died at 11 p.m. Wednesday at the V.A. Hospital in Amarillo of natural causes.
He was born in Desdemona but lived in Crosby County most of his life. He married Cleta Tackett July 6, 1941 in Crosbyton. He was a World War II Army Veteran.
He was a former Avalanche Journal route carrier in Dimmitt. He was a farmer and a member of the Crosbyton Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, David Wayne of Kensett, Ark. and Max of Dimmitt; two daughters, Bette Porter of Houston and Ginger Houston of Ralls; a brother, Earnest of Comanche; four sisters, Irene Holcomb and Fae Robertson, both of Crosbyton, Clara Stevens of Lubbock and Rubye Tillson of Austin; five grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.
He died at 11 p.m. Wednesday at the V.A. Hospital in Amarillo of natural causes.
He was born in Desdemona but lived in Crosby County most of his life. He married Cleta Tackett July 6, 1941 in Crosbyton. He was a World War II Army Veteran.
He was a former Avalanche Journal route carrier in Dimmitt. He was a farmer and a member of the Crosbyton Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, David Wayne of Kensett, Ark. and Max of Dimmitt; two daughters, Bette Porter of Houston and Ginger Houston of Ralls; a brother, Earnest of Comanche; four sisters, Irene Holcomb and Fae Robertson, both of Crosbyton, Clara Stevens of Lubbock and Rubye Tillson of Austin; five grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
Family Members
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Duward Belmont Ellison
1905–1983
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Gertrude Merle Ellison
1907–1914
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Homer Wilson Ellison
1909–1972
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Allie Irene Ellison Holcomb
1911–1989
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R.C. Ellison
1912–1973
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Lillie "Fae" Ellison Robertson
1914–2003
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Albert J. Earnest Ellison
1917–1988
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Clara Lee Ellison Stevens
1923–1990
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Ruby Jean Ellison Tillson
1929–2007
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June Keith Ellison
1931–1963
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