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Bob, Maude and Melvin Ralph

 

Rest in Peace, Uncle Bob
Robert Ellis, 90, Houston, Texas
Robert Nathan Ellis of Houston, Texas, died Monday, July 12. He was 90. He was born July 15, 1914 in Walker County. He was a tool and die maker and a machinist. He was preceded in death by his wife, Maude P. Simmons; parents, James Ellis and Mat-tie Shavers Ellis; four brothers; three sisters; two grandchildren; one son-in-law, one sister-in-law. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Robert Lee and Ronda Ellis of Lumberton, Texas; daughters and son-in-law, Margaret and Nelson Stephens of Lincoln, Texas, Pat Stacy of Houston; 11 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; sister, Bertha Blevins of North Carolina; several nieces and nephews. Services: Thursday, July 15, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home with Rev. Don Stephens officiating. Burial: Giddings Cemetery. Arrangements by Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home, Giddings, Texas

 

From the Walker County Messenger July 2004

 

  Bob and Mikey  Robert N. Ellis

Robert Nathan Ellis,
Son of James and Mattie Ellis
Born: July 15, 1914
Chickamauga, GA

Maude P. Simmons Ellis
Born: March 23, 1913
Walker County, GA
Died March 6, 1984

They were Married March 16, 1935 in Walker County, GA

Lived in Houston Texas From May of 1952 - July of 1973 moved to Giddings, TX
Maude is buried west of Giddings off of Hwy 290

Children:
Margaret Gaynell Born: January 1, 1936
Robert Lee Born: October 18, 1937
Velma Pricilla Born: October 24, 1940
Melvin Ralph Born: May 13, 1945


Margaret Gaynell Ellis: Married June 5, 1954 to Donald Lynn Stephens her
husband Died: November 1, 1992
Children:
Robert William Born: December 1, 1955
Thomas Michael Born: August 29, 1959 Died January 11, 1989
Donald Eugene Born: July 3, 1973
 

Robert Lee Ellis: Married January 12, 1957 to Betty Jo Gains who was Born:
August 12 1941 Died: May 12, 1995
Children:
Linda Gaynell Born: June 30, 1958
James Raeth Born: October 7, 1960
Jerry Lee Born: June 7, 1965

Velma Pricilla Ellis: Married March 1, 1958 to Clyde David Stacy
Children:
Tina Marie Born: December 6, 1959
Loretta Katherine Born: September 6, 1961
Claudia Lynn Born: August 10, 1963
Misty Dawn Born: August 7, 1977

Melvin Ralph Ellis: Married September 21, 1963 to Elizabeth Ann Dohoney who
was Born: July 24, 1945
Children:
Rebecca Ann Born: November 19, 1964 Married Richard Steven Reece
Children: Robert Steven Reece Born: October 9, 1981 and Brian Andrew Reece
Born: February 11, 1983
Mary Elizabeth Born: May 14, 1971 Married Michael William Murphy Jr. July
29, 1995
Children: Michael Charles Ellis Murphy Born: June 27, 1997 and Sean Patrick
Murphy Born: February 23, 2001