Lynn Ellis (Tulia)

Lynn Ellis, 62, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in Tulia. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday, April 28, 2007 in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Kay Reed, pastor and Rev. Jesse Hodges, retired Methodist minister officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Tulia. A visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Friday, April 27, 2007 at the funeral home. Mr. Ellis was born October 7, 1944 in Tulia where he grew up and graduated from Tulia High School in 1963. He started Swisher Tire in 1968 and bought Young & Ellis in 1976. He married Joy Boone on September 5, 1969 in Tulia. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, a former member of the Tulia Jaycee’s. He was a member of the Tulia High School Booster Club, awarded the Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year, a Small Business of Texas award winner and THS Booster of the Year. His family includes his wife, Joy Ellis of Tulia, his daughter; Anissa Ellis of Tulia, his son; Derek Ellis of Denton, his granddaughter; Marha Felts of Tulia, his sister; Katey Lindsey and husband Doug of Merkel, Texas, brother-in-law; John Stallings, nieces; Jay Thomas and husband Bill, their kids; Callie, Frankie and Kelsie, Lana Robbins and husband Perry and their son Ryan, Lee Lynn Lindsey, Janet Stallings, Laura Armbruster and husband Robert, sisters-in-law; Wanda Boone and family, Brenda Fuller and husband Barry and their kids, Hayden, Harrison, Hattie and Hope, a nephew; Allen Boone and his business partner; Don Young and his wife Gaye. He is preceded in death by his parents; Horace and Hazel Ellis, his sister; LaJuan Stallings, his in-laws; Fred and Mary Boone and a brother-in-law; Tom Boone. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 6605 I-40 West, building A-6, Amarillo, Texas 79106, Tulia Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 116, Tulia, Texas 79088 or to the First United Methodist Church, 119 N. Briscoe, Tulia, Texas 79088.