Ruth Ellis

Ruth Waldrup Ellis closed her eyes on March 17, 2012. She had lived a long and enjoyable life of 94 years. Sixty-five of those years were spent with her husband Vaughan D. Ellis, now deceased. She also shared her hope of a resurrection into a paradise earth with everyone that she met in her ministry work. It was with the operation of a family grocery that many became familiar with her.

She was happiest with her family, son, William DeForrest Ellis (Brenda); daughter, Billie Ellis Kendrick (Hershell L.); grandson, Aaron D. Ellis (Mimi) and four great grandchildren, Emily, Evan, Ethan and Eden; granddaughter, Susan Kendrick Epp (Edward); great-grandchildren, Dillon Epp (Jessica), Wyatt Epp; granddaughter, Amanda Kendrick Stein (Howard); great-grandchildren, Olivia Stein and Erick Stein.

A chapel service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday March 22, 2012 at Lawrence Brown-Service Funeral Home with Minister Jimmy Robinson officiating and burial following New Live Oak Cemetery. The family will receive friends at The Ellis Home, 1224 County Rd. 44 Selma, (behind Marks Mart) beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday night.

Pallbearers will be Jackie R. White, Aaron Ellis, Howard Stein, Edward Epp, David Brown, Tyrone Felts, Dillion Epp and Wyatt Epp.

The family would also like to thank those of Amedisys and Cahaba Hospice for their excellent help with Mother and a special thanks to Bettie Marshall, Glenda Marshall, Mildred Calhoun and Bell Lawson.