Known to all as "Des".
He was the 3rd of four boys born to James Newport Ellis and
Lillie Mae Stephens Ellis. To our knowledge Granny Ellis was
1/16th Cherokee Indian and Des and brother Colquitt definately
looked it, poor Ernest and Toliver were the English or Irish throwbacks. Our history is full of those too.
When Jim, his Father, died in 1913, Dad was not quite 3, Colquitt only 2 weeks, Ernest was 6 and Toliver only 4.
Lillie Mae and the boys moved to Dalton and the boys went to register at North Dalton School and Miss Vera Deck, his and Colquitt's first grade teacher, became a family friend.
Desmond had a sense of humour that was beyond belief. Life in that cotton Mill Village was better for all who knew him. After the Mill, he tried his hand as a Policeman, a Security Guard and finally at the City of Atlanta Water Department where he retired and he and Mom moved back to Dalton.
He had gone through 80+ years with only occasionally illness
until his heart finally got even. (He told me that about a family member one day.. his heart had just got even).
Daddy you are missed but we will be together again.
Lynda
He was the 3rd of four boys born to James Newport Ellis and
Lillie Mae Stephens Ellis. To our knowledge Granny Ellis was
1/16th Cherokee Indian and Des and brother Colquitt definately
looked it, poor Ernest and Toliver were the English or Irish throwbacks. Our history is full of those too.
When Jim, his Father, died in 1913, Dad was not quite 3, Colquitt only 2 weeks, Ernest was 6 and Toliver only 4.
Lillie Mae and the boys moved to Dalton and the boys went to register at North Dalton School and Miss Vera Deck, his and Colquitt's first grade teacher, became a family friend.
Desmond had a sense of humour that was beyond belief. Life in that cotton Mill Village was better for all who knew him. After the Mill, he tried his hand as a Policeman, a Security Guard and finally at the City of Atlanta Water Department where he retired and he and Mom moved back to Dalton.
He had gone through 80+ years with only occasionally illness
until his heart finally got even. (He told me that about a family member one day.. his heart had just got even).
Daddy you are missed but we will be together again.
Lynda
Known to all as "Des".
He was the 3rd of four boys born to James Newport Ellis and
Lillie Mae Stephens Ellis. To our knowledge Granny Ellis was
1/16th Cherokee Indian and Des and brother Colquitt definately
looked it, poor Ernest and Toliver were the English or Irish throwbacks. Our history is full of those too.
When Jim, his Father, died in 1913, Dad was not quite 3, Colquitt only 2 weeks, Ernest was 6 and Toliver only 4.
Lillie Mae and the boys moved to Dalton and the boys went to register at North Dalton School and Miss Vera Deck, his and Colquitt's first grade teacher, became a family friend.
Desmond had a sense of humour that was beyond belief. Life in that cotton Mill Village was better for all who knew him. After the Mill, he tried his hand as a Policeman, a Security Guard and finally at the City of Atlanta Water Department where he retired and he and Mom moved back to Dalton.
He had gone through 80+ years with only occasionally illness
until his heart finally got even. (He told me that about a family member one day.. his heart had just got even).
Daddy you are missed but we will be together again.
Lynda
He was the 3rd of four boys born to James Newport Ellis and
Lillie Mae Stephens Ellis. To our knowledge Granny Ellis was
1/16th Cherokee Indian and Des and brother Colquitt definately
looked it, poor Ernest and Toliver were the English or Irish throwbacks. Our history is full of those too.
When Jim, his Father, died in 1913, Dad was not quite 3, Colquitt only 2 weeks, Ernest was 6 and Toliver only 4.
Lillie Mae and the boys moved to Dalton and the boys went to register at North Dalton School and Miss Vera Deck, his and Colquitt's first grade teacher, became a family friend.
Desmond had a sense of humour that was beyond belief. Life in that cotton Mill Village was better for all who knew him. After the Mill, he tried his hand as a Policeman, a Security Guard and finally at the City of Atlanta Water Department where he retired and he and Mom moved back to Dalton.
He had gone through 80+ years with only occasionally illness
until his heart finally got even. (He told me that about a family member one day.. his heart had just got even).
Daddy you are missed but we will be together again.
Lynda
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