SILAS ELLISON, age 85, of Browns Creek Road, Williamsburg, Kentucky passed away Sunday, March 13, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin, Kentucky.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie McDonald Ellison, of Williamsburg; three sisters, Dessie Allison of Nixa, MO, Opal Nolan of Clarksville, Indian and Nannie Ellis of McComb, Michigan; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. William Nolan officiating.
Burial will be in the Pineville City Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 5:30 PM today (Tuesday) at the Croley Funeral Home.
CROLEY FUNERAL HOME of Williamsburg, Kentucky is in charge of the arrangements, J. Andy Croley and Jerry W. Croley, Directors.
Obit published in The Times Tribune, Corbin, Kentucky
15 March 2005
A Gift of Love and Compassion by Robert Winter, son of Dessie Ellison, sister of Silas.
In June of 1970, our uncle Silas, and his wife Marjorie, bought my mom a home for her and her six children to live in. I have always wondered where we would have ended up had these two angels not intervened. (Actually, God had this under control all along as I have learned over the years). The entry in my mother’s diary on Sat. 27th of June 1970 reads like this; “Closed deal on house (my brother did). And they left in the P.M.”
We all had known that Uncle Silas and Aunt Marge were the ones who bought our house, but being young at the time, we really did not understand the sacrifice and risk they were themselves taking.
We were approaching a homeless situation because our father had left our family in March 1970 to pursue a relationship with his church secretary. He was not taking responsibility for our welfare placing us in a precarious situation. It was a tumultuous time in all our lives.
Yet, this set the stage for observing our wonderful, beautiful, sacrificial, and dedicated mother model what a God fearing, loving, compassionate, committed, and dedicated parent looked like. Dessie Ellison was more than words can express. She was our Mother Teresa. And as I have learned, her mother, Ida Francis Sutton, lived her life dedicated to her own six children as well as the eight children her husband Isaac Newton Ellison had from his first marriage.
I was fortunate to visit Silas and Marge in Williamsburg Kentucky in 1992. I was 35 at the time and had a family of my own. As I grew older and began to understand the significance of this life saving event, I wanted to personally thank them both. They were very modest in their response. That is because for them, this was what families do. This is what they saw modeled in their own family growing up in the 1930’s in Kentucky during the depression.
To my Uncle Silas and Aunt Marjorie in heaven, my you be crowned with righteousness.
“Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing”. Timothy 4:8
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie McDonald Ellison, of Williamsburg; three sisters, Dessie Allison of Nixa, MO, Opal Nolan of Clarksville, Indian and Nannie Ellis of McComb, Michigan; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. William Nolan officiating.
Burial will be in the Pineville City Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 5:30 PM today (Tuesday) at the Croley Funeral Home.
CROLEY FUNERAL HOME of Williamsburg, Kentucky is in charge of the arrangements, J. Andy Croley and Jerry W. Croley, Directors.
Obit published in The Times Tribune, Corbin, Kentucky
15 March 2005
A Gift of Love and Compassion by Robert Winter, son of Dessie Ellison, sister of Silas.
In June of 1970, our uncle Silas, and his wife Marjorie, bought my mom a home for her and her six children to live in. I have always wondered where we would have ended up had these two angels not intervened. (Actually, God had this under control all along as I have learned over the years). The entry in my mother’s diary on Sat. 27th of June 1970 reads like this; “Closed deal on house (my brother did). And they left in the P.M.”
We all had known that Uncle Silas and Aunt Marge were the ones who bought our house, but being young at the time, we really did not understand the sacrifice and risk they were themselves taking.
We were approaching a homeless situation because our father had left our family in March 1970 to pursue a relationship with his church secretary. He was not taking responsibility for our welfare placing us in a precarious situation. It was a tumultuous time in all our lives.
Yet, this set the stage for observing our wonderful, beautiful, sacrificial, and dedicated mother model what a God fearing, loving, compassionate, committed, and dedicated parent looked like. Dessie Ellison was more than words can express. She was our Mother Teresa. And as I have learned, her mother, Ida Francis Sutton, lived her life dedicated to her own six children as well as the eight children her husband Isaac Newton Ellison had from his first marriage.
I was fortunate to visit Silas and Marge in Williamsburg Kentucky in 1992. I was 35 at the time and had a family of my own. As I grew older and began to understand the significance of this life saving event, I wanted to personally thank them both. They were very modest in their response. That is because for them, this was what families do. This is what they saw modeled in their own family growing up in the 1930’s in Kentucky during the depression.
To my Uncle Silas and Aunt Marjorie in heaven, my you be crowned with righteousness.
“Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing”. Timothy 4:8
SILAS ELLISON, age 85, of Browns Creek Road, Williamsburg, Kentucky passed away Sunday, March 13, 2005 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin, Kentucky.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie McDonald Ellison, of Williamsburg; three sisters, Dessie Allison of Nixa, MO, Opal Nolan of Clarksville, Indian and Nannie Ellis of McComb, Michigan; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. William Nolan officiating.
Burial will be in the Pineville City Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 5:30 PM today (Tuesday) at the Croley Funeral Home.
CROLEY FUNERAL HOME of Williamsburg, Kentucky is in charge of the arrangements, J. Andy Croley and Jerry W. Croley, Directors.
Obit published in The Times Tribune, Corbin, Kentucky
15 March 2005
A Gift of Love and Compassion by Robert Winter, son of Dessie Ellison, sister of Silas.
In June of 1970, our uncle Silas, and his wife Marjorie, bought my mom a home for her and her six children to live in. I have always wondered where we would have ended up had these two angels not intervened. (Actually, God had this under control all along as I have learned over the years). The entry in my mother’s diary on Sat. 27th of June 1970 reads like this; “Closed deal on house (my brother did). And they left in the P.M.”
We all had known that Uncle Silas and Aunt Marge were the ones who bought our house, but being young at the time, we really did not understand the sacrifice and risk they were themselves taking.
We were approaching a homeless situation because our father had left our family in March 1970 to pursue a relationship with his church secretary. He was not taking responsibility for our welfare placing us in a precarious situation. It was a tumultuous time in all our lives.
Yet, this set the stage for observing our wonderful, beautiful, sacrificial, and dedicated mother model what a God fearing, loving, compassionate, committed, and dedicated parent looked like. Dessie Ellison was more than words can express. She was our Mother Teresa. And as I have learned, her mother, Ida Francis Sutton, lived her life dedicated to her own six children as well as the eight children her husband Isaac Newton Ellison had from his first marriage.
I was fortunate to visit Silas and Marge in Williamsburg Kentucky in 1992. I was 35 at the time and had a family of my own. As I grew older and began to understand the significance of this life saving event, I wanted to personally thank them both. They were very modest in their response. That is because for them, this was what families do. This is what they saw modeled in their own family growing up in the 1930’s in Kentucky during the depression.
To my Uncle Silas and Aunt Marjorie in heaven, my you be crowned with righteousness.
“Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing”. Timothy 4:8
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie McDonald Ellison, of Williamsburg; three sisters, Dessie Allison of Nixa, MO, Opal Nolan of Clarksville, Indian and Nannie Ellis of McComb, Michigan; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be at 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. William Nolan officiating.
Burial will be in the Pineville City Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 5:30 PM today (Tuesday) at the Croley Funeral Home.
CROLEY FUNERAL HOME of Williamsburg, Kentucky is in charge of the arrangements, J. Andy Croley and Jerry W. Croley, Directors.
Obit published in The Times Tribune, Corbin, Kentucky
15 March 2005
A Gift of Love and Compassion by Robert Winter, son of Dessie Ellison, sister of Silas.
In June of 1970, our uncle Silas, and his wife Marjorie, bought my mom a home for her and her six children to live in. I have always wondered where we would have ended up had these two angels not intervened. (Actually, God had this under control all along as I have learned over the years). The entry in my mother’s diary on Sat. 27th of June 1970 reads like this; “Closed deal on house (my brother did). And they left in the P.M.”
We all had known that Uncle Silas and Aunt Marge were the ones who bought our house, but being young at the time, we really did not understand the sacrifice and risk they were themselves taking.
We were approaching a homeless situation because our father had left our family in March 1970 to pursue a relationship with his church secretary. He was not taking responsibility for our welfare placing us in a precarious situation. It was a tumultuous time in all our lives.
Yet, this set the stage for observing our wonderful, beautiful, sacrificial, and dedicated mother model what a God fearing, loving, compassionate, committed, and dedicated parent looked like. Dessie Ellison was more than words can express. She was our Mother Teresa. And as I have learned, her mother, Ida Francis Sutton, lived her life dedicated to her own six children as well as the eight children her husband Isaac Newton Ellison had from his first marriage.
I was fortunate to visit Silas and Marge in Williamsburg Kentucky in 1992. I was 35 at the time and had a family of my own. As I grew older and began to understand the significance of this life saving event, I wanted to personally thank them both. They were very modest in their response. That is because for them, this was what families do. This is what they saw modeled in their own family growing up in the 1930’s in Kentucky during the depression.
To my Uncle Silas and Aunt Marjorie in heaven, my you be crowned with righteousness.
“Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing”. Timothy 4:8
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