TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for ELLIS, JAMES Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Feb. 10 to Feb. 11, 2016 Died: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= ELLIS, JAMES ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2016/f1602.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Mr. James "Mack" Ellis, age 83, a native and resident of Terrebonne Parish, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Visitation will be held on Friday, Feb. 12 from 5-8 p.m. at Plymount Rock Baptist Church, 1000 Wallis St. in Houma. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 13 at the church. Interment will follow in crozier Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Velma Harding Ellis; sons, Anthony and James Ellis Jr.; daughters, Janell Ellis and Kathy Ellis Smith (Rev. Troy); and sisters, Geraldine Theriot and Carrie Baker. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Olisker Dillard Ellis; son, Elgin Arceneaux; brother, Melvin Sr. and Alvin Ellis; sister, Earline Ellis; and grand-parents, Rev. Thomas and Creasy Ringo Ellis, and Johnny and Edna Dials Dillard. He was a member of Blaine C. Clay Lodge #14 and retired Mechanic for Bell South. ======================