Adrian Newton Ellis

  Adrian Newton Ellis passed away on February 25th. He was born on Valentine’s Day, 1919, in a half dugout near Clayton, New Mexico. He was 94 years old.

  He was the last survivor of a family of seven children born to Cecil and Eva Foster Ellis. He served in the Navy during WWII. He was a machinist and a welder who owned Ellis Welding and Manufacturing Company in the 1960s. He served on the Peaster School Board in the early 1970s and on the Throckmorton County Hospital Board in the 1990s. He was an avid reader and armchair philosopher who also enjoyed tinkering with cars and machinery and selling and trading automobiles.

  He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Modelle Trimble Ellis; and sons, Cecil Ellis and wife, Barbara, Mark Ellis and wife, Tacy; and daughter, Adrianne Ellis Berry and husband, Eldon. He is also survived by five grandchildren and two special pets.
 
  A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 10, at 2:00 p.m., at the Zion Hill Community Center.

  In lieu of flowers, the family has chosen the Backpack Ministries of Poolville United Methodist Church as their preferred charity.