Daily Democrat, Clinton MO, Jan 6 2004 - Ellis Elmo Wilson was born on a farm outside Calhoun August 2, 1917, the only child of Gilbert Oscar Wilson and Zelia Margaret Brown and died Monday evening, December 22, 2003, at Westwood Nursing Home, Clinton. As a young boy Ellis would run, play and ride a horse as good and as well as any youngster despite the loss of a leg when he was six-years-old. He helped his father on the farm west of Calhoun and attended Highland School and Calhoun High School. He traveled extensively with his parents throughout the western United States, spending time in Washington and California. On December 16, 1939, in Clinton, he joined in holy matrimony with Elva Mae Kampe, the daughter of Edward William John Kampe and Nancy Alice Shifflett. No children were born of this union, but Ellis and Elva did enjoy the company of many nieces and nephews. After marriage Ellis and Elva worked at the International Shoe Factory in Windsor. When the day was over at the factory, Ellis would come home and work in the fields on their farm just outside Calhoun, sometimes until well after dark, plowing and cultivating crops, returning bright and early the next morning to the shoe factory to start all over. Despite the fact that he had only one leg he stood at his machine all day, every day, and was a very dependable worker. He and Elva were life members of Calhoun Baptist Church for a number of years. Ellis and Elva continued to travel every year on vacations all over the country and had enjoyed the scenery in every state of the continental United States and Canada. They loved to collect antiques and over the years had acquired a most enviable collection of some of the finest dishes and furniture in the country. When Ellis retired in 1969 they moved to Clinton and while Elva continued to work at the factory for several more years, Ellis managed the home. As time went on Ellis' health continued to deteriorate and along with diabetes he developed Parkinson's Disease. With Elva's loving care and the aid of a niece, Janet Taylor, he was able to remain at home until August 2003 when Elva suffered a heart attack and was no longer able to provide the care that he required. He and Elva moved into Westwood Nursing Home to enjoy his last remaining days together, until at 5:33 p.m. on December 22, seven days after their 64th wedding anniversary, he passed quietly into eternal sleep. Ellis' parental grandparents were Dock Adam Wilson and his wife Lithe Telisha Bryant; paternal great-grandparents, Andrew Wilson and Osattona Chitwood. His maternal grandparents were Abraham Lincoln Brown and Mary Francis (Frankie) Sampson. His maternal great-grandparents were David Sands Brown, son of Eli Brown and Susannah Sands, and Eliza Jane Hale, daughter of Mead and Liny Ann Hale. Ellis is survived by his wife, Elva, Westwood Nursing Home; nieces, nephews and a host of friends and relatives. Funeral services were held December 26 at Consalus-Bradley Chapel. Burial was in Englewood Cemetery.