Betty Ellen Ellis ~
my aunt, was a Special & Gifted Child who played the piano, sang and was accustomed to the farm chores

Born: 06 Dec 1930 (Born with 2 teeth & full curly black hair)

Father: Jay Lynn Ellis, Sr. (B: 27 Mar 1889, Statesville, Iredell, NC - 01 Sep 1971, River Hill Road, Statesville, Iredell, NC)

Mother: Fannie Mae Dellinger Ellis Fannie Mae Dellinger (Born: Sep 1895, Statesville, Iredell, NC - Mar 1970, Statesville, Iredell, NC; Obituary: Statesville Record & Landmark, page 6A, 1970, March 16; Memorial: Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Pastor Paul Luther Conrad, officiating; Committal: Iredell Memorial Gardens 2304 Shelton Lane, Statesville, NC) D/o Henry Carlton Dellinger (1870-1944) & Martha Elnora (Dellinger) Dellinger (married her first cousins) (1871-1943), Catawba County in 1930, Salisbury Road, Chambersburg, NC 1910

Siblings:
Pauline Catherine (Gurley) (Born: 31 Oct 1914 - Died: 05 Jul 1992, West Statesville, Iredell County, NC), Rachel (Sprinkel) (York) (Nicholson) (B: 06 Apr 1917, Iredell Co., NC - 21 Dec 1986, Statesville, Iredell, NC), Janson Victory Ellis, Sr. (Born: 08 Jun 1923, Statesville, Iredell County, NC - Died: 21 Oct 1993, injuries sustained
in a hit & run accident on US 77, Statesville, Iredell County, NC), William Harold Ellis (Born: 01 Feb 1919, Iredell Co., NC - Died: 27 Feb 2002, Statesville, Iredell, NC; Burial: Iredell Memorial Gardens, Shelton Lane, Statesville, NC), Ivy Lee Ellis, Sr. (Born: 05 Apr 1921, Statesville, Iredell, NC - Died: 20 Oct 1996, Troutman, Iredell, NC; Committal: Iredell Memorial Gardens 2304 Shelton Lane, Statesville, NC), Lynn Eugene Ellis (Born: 06 Sep 1925, Statesville, Iredell, NC - Died: 26 Apr 2006, at home, Bostonview Apartments, # 1608, Boston, Suffolk County, MA; Memorials: Boston Church of the New Jerusalem, Rev. Louis Bier, Retired Lutheran Minister, Boston, MA, officiating; Zion Baptist Church, Union Grove, NC, Rev. Craig Jackson, Gospel Tabernacle, Russellville, KY & Rev. Dawkins, Living Waters (Little Brick Church), Statesville, Iredell, NC, officiating; ISKCON of New England, May 2006, Dhira and Premananda Dasa; Committal: Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove Road, Union Grove, NC), Janie Mae Ellis (Moore) (Amborse) (B: 20 Aug 1932, Statesville, Iredell, NC - 10 Sep. 2006, Chapel Hill, Orange Country, NC; Burial: Lystra Baptist Church Cemetery, 686 Lystra Rd, Farrington, Chatham, NC), Billy Nathan Ellis (Born: 23 Dec 1927, Statesville, NC - Died: Wed, 17 May 2000, Beachwood Farm Road, Iredell County, Statesville, NC, 28625), Abbie Jean Ellis (Edwards) (Born: 05 Jan 1937, Statesville, Iredell, NC - Died: 09 Oct 2005, Scotts, Iredell, NC), Lucy Elnora Ellis, Infant death, (B: Dec 25, NC - 25 Dec, NC), Jay Lynn Ellis, Jr. (B: 16 May 1942, Statesville, Iredell, NC - Died: 02 Jun 1995, Statesville West, Iredell, NC)

Died: 11 Nov 1994, Hickory Health Care Center (Rest Home), Route # 3, Box 518, Hickory, NC 28601

Obituary: Statesville Record & Landmark, page A8, 1994, November 13

Committal: Nov 1994, Iredell Memorial Gardens 2304 Shelton Lane, Statesville, NC 28625

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