Ellis
was born on June 9, 1925, at Cordell, Oklahoma, to Frank and Maggie
Patton.
He was reared in the Breathwaite community and attended Breathwaite and
Cordell
Schools. He was inducted into the U.S. Army on January 19, 1944, during
World War
II, and served in Central Europe. He was wounded in combat in Germany
on
November 18, 1944, and honorably discharged from the Army on December
10, 1946.
Following his military service, he spent most of his adult life farming
in the Cordell
and Horntown areas, and had lived for the past ten years in the Stuart
and Clavin
area. In failing health, he moved to Oklahoma Veterans Home in Sulphur,
where he
passed away on Memorial Day.
Ellis
was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and one brother. He
is
survived by two brothers: Fred Patton of Cordell, Oklahoma and James
Patton of
Atwood, Oklahoma; one sister Elsie Harris of Cordell, Oklahoma;
numerous nieces,
nephews and other relatives and friends; special friend and caretaker,
Louise
Weaver, of Stuart, Oklahoma.
Funeral
services will be held at First Baptist Church in Calvin on Thursday,
May 30,
2002, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Eddy Mathews officiating. Interment will
be in the
Atwood Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Fisher Funeral
Home of
Holdenville.