PEARSON ELLIS, DOROTHY J. - Wheeler County, Texas | DOROTHY J. PEARSON ELLIS - Texas Gravestone Photos

Dorothy J. PEARSON ELLIS

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

W. E.
October 9, 1924-May 16, 2001

Please see military marker

Dorothy J.
Pearson
August 12, 1921-December 21, 2011

*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary W. E.
WHEELER - W.E. "Bill" Ellis, 76, died Wednesday, May 16, 2001.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Wheeler Cemetery with Ken Baxter of Shamrock officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.

Mr. Ellis was born on Oct. 9, 1924, in Stamford to Guy and Vida Lee Ellis. He had lived in Wheeler County the past 20 years and in Wheeler since 1996.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Ellis of Wheeler; two sons, Larry Jennings of Wheeler and Richard Ellis of Plano; a brother, Donald Ellis of Abilene; two sisters, Deanie Jones of Abilene and Jean Moore of Athens; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to American Heart Association.

(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Friday, May 18, 2001)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Wilburn
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1924
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA
Father: Guy W Ellis
Father Birth Place: Texas
Mother: Vida Lee
Mother Birth Place: Texas
Mother Residence: Stamford, Texas

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Wilburn Elzie Ellis
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1924
Birth Place: Stamford, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Rotan, Fisher, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 6 Nov 1945
Registration Place: Rotan, Fisher, Texas, USA
Weight: 163
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Vida Crabtree
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Wilburn Elzie Ellis Self (Head)

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Wilburn E. Ellis
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1924
Issue year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79096, Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 16 May 2001

*Obituary Dorothy
WHEELER — Dorothy Jane Pearson Ellis, 90, of Wheeler died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in First Methodist Church in Wheeler with the Rev. Matthew Gary and Ken Baxter officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery. Arrangements are by Peppers Family Funeral Home.

Dorothy Ellis was born Aug. 12, 1921, in Lawn to Marvin Pearson and Fannie Burleson Pearson. She married William Jennings, and later married her life partner, Wilburn "Bill" E. Ellis, on June 22, 1946, in McAllen. Throughout their 55-year marriage, Dorothy and Bill enjoyed playing golf, working crossword puzzles and daily gin rummy games. Their life's journey included homes and many friends in Rotan, Sweetwater, Wichita Falls, Pampa, Abilene, Shamrock, Wheeler and Shreveport, La.

Dorothy was a laboratory and X-ray technician in her early married years. Being an avid golfer, she loved playing and watching tournaments. She also enjoyed watching the Dallas Cowboys. She was a very loving and devoted wife and mother, who was always positive and encouraging with everyone. Though small in frame, she left a large footprint in the lives of all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a sister, Pauline Windham.

Survivors include two sons, Larry Jennings and wife Bobby of Wheeler and Richard Ellis and wife Donna of Plano; two granddaughters, Rhonda Myers and husband Dwayne of Samnorwood and Mona Freeman and husband Johnny of White Deer; a grandson, Travis Ellis of Plano; four great-grandchildren, Dani Myers Jernigan and husband Tyler of Pampa, Codi Myers of Samnorwood and Skylar and Payton Freeman of White Deer; two step-great-grandchildren, Amanda Freeman Saffel and husband Phillip of Lubbock and Justin Freeman of White Deer; a step great-great-granddaughter, Olivia Saffel of Lubbock and a niece, Anne Chasteen Duke of Arlington.

The family suggests memorials be to JaNae Goad Golf Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 423, Wheeler, TX 79096 or First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 89, Wheeler, TX 79096.
Sign the online guest book at www.peppersfuneralhome.com.

Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 22, 2011.

Contributed on 10/27/21

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Submitted: 10/27/21 • Approved: 10/27/21 • Last Updated: 10/30/21 • R465381-G465379-S3

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