Barren County KyArchives Obituaries.....Ellis, James W. September 14, 1934
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Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 December 30, 2018, 8:27 pm

Unknown Glasgow KY newspaper, found in files of the late Eva Coe Peden.
"SHOCKING DEATH CLOSES USEFUL LIFE OF PROF. ELLIS.

"Friends all over Barren county were profoundly shocked when the news went out 
that Prof. James William Ellis had met a tragic, untimely and shocking death 
beneath the wheel of a truck last Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock a few miles 
below Lucas on the South Jackson Highway, twelve miles from Glasgow.

"From what seems authoritive information Prof. Ellis, who was principal of 
Austin-Tracy High School, had accompanied his basketball team to Finney, where 
he formerly taught, for a contest. They were returning home when near the 
Robert Kerly property Prof. Ellis, riding on the running board of the truck, in 
attempting to retrieve his hat which seemed eminent of being blown off, lost 
his balance and fell under the rear wheel of the truck. He arose to his feet 
and stated that he did not believe he was badly injured, but in a few moments 
collapsed. He was placed in a car and rushed to the hospital here where he 
lived almost an hour before passing away, death resulting from internal 
injuries.

"Besides being an educator above the average and eminently successful in his 
chosen profession, he was an ordained Baptist minister, and was held in the 
highest regard by all who knew him. His Christian character and high ideals of 
life made his services desirable for schoolwork and his untimely death is a 
distinct loss to the school work of the county.

"Mr. Ellis is survived by his wife, who was Miss Jeppa Jones, and five 
children: Clarence, Etta, Harry, James, Acton and Jeppa. He is also survived by 
four brother{s}, Messrs. L. C. Ellis of Glasgow; Lee and Dewey Ellis of Berlin, 
N.M.; Curtis Ellis of Gary, Ind., one half-sister, Mrs. Celeste Smith, Finney; 
five half-brothers, Jesse Ellis of Akron, O; Chris, Woodwin, Eugene and Wilbur 
Ellis of Bruce; and his step-mother, Mrs. W. G. Ellis of Bruce.

"Funeral services were held at the Baptist church here Sunday afternoon at two 
o'clock, conducted by Rev. Joseph A. Gaines, and was attended by sorrowing 
friends and pupils from all over the county, and the burial was in the Glasgow 
cemetery."

Glasgow Municipal Cemetery
James W. Ellis
23 July 1895 - 14 Sept 1934

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