Ivy Lee Ellis, Sr. ~
My Uncle
Veteran, US Army WWII, Jungles of South Pacific, Australia;
Occupation: Construction, Sheet Metal Worker: Worked on the Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; -Note: Charlotte Coliseum opened and dedicated in 1955, had the largest unsupported steel dome in the world

Father: Jay Lynn Ellis, Sr. (Birth 27 Mar 1889 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 1 Sep 1971 • River Hill Road, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA; Committal: Sep 1971 • Iredell Memorial Gardens, 2304 Shelton Lane, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) s/o Victor Chalmus Ellis & Lucy Jane Bost Ellis

Mother: Fannie Mae Dellinger (Birth Sep 1895 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death Mar 1970 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA; Obituary: Statesville Record & Landmark, page 6A, 1970, March 16; Memorial: Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Pastor Paul Luther Conrad, officiating; Committal: Mar 1970 • Iredell Memorial Gardens, 2304 Shelton Lane, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) d/o Henry Carlton Dellinger (1870-1944) & Martha Elnora (Dellinger) Dellinger (1871-1943).

Married: Mary Elizabeth Sharpe (Birth 25 Aug 1927 • Sharpesburg, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 15 Jan 1991 • General Hospital, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA; Committal: Jan 1991 • Iredell Memorial Gardens, 2304 Shelton Lane, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA).

Children:
1. Ivey Lee "Junior" Ellis Jr. (Birth 14 Mar 1943 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA - Death 2 Feb 2006 • aged 62, Glade Hill, Franklin, Virginia, USA; Committal: Feb 2006, Glade Hill Baptist Church Cemetery • Glade Hill, Franklin, Virginia, USA);
2. Joyce Faye Ellis (Birth 19 Dec 1945 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death: 3 Dec 2004 • aged 58, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA; Committal: Dec 2004, Iredell Memorial Gardens • 2304 Shelton Ave, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);
3. Frankie Dexter Ellis (Birth: 26 Feb 1949 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA - Death 8 Feb 2019 • aged 69, Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, USA);
4. Freddie Jay Ellis (Birth 26 Feb 1949 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA);
5. Jeffery Allen "Jeff" Ellis (Birth 15 Oct 1958 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death: 11 Sep 1996 • age 37, Burke County, North Carolina, USA; Committal: Sep 1996, Iredell Memorial Gardens • 2304 Shelton Ave, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA)

Grandchildren: Steven Ellis, Jennifer Ellis Phillips

Obituary: Statesville Record & Landmark, page A4, 1996 October 21

Committal: Oct 1996 • Iredell Memorial Gardens • 2304 Shelton Lane, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA 28625