Drucille Ellis Obituary

Drucille Ellis LADSON - Drucille Mae Davis Ellis, 85, wife of Arthur Leigh Ellis, Sr. of Ladson, SC, died Saturday, November 6, 2010, at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, November 10, 2010, at North Trident Baptist Church at 2 o'clock. Burial at Blandford Church Cemetery in Petersburg, VA will be held at a later date. Friends may call at Parks Funeral Home Tuesday evening from 6 - 8 o'clock and at the church one hour prior to service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to North Trident Baptist Church, 9939 Jamison Road, Ladson, SC 29456. Mrs. Ellis was born January 12, 1925, in Ettrick, VA, a daughter of the late James Bolling Davis and Minnie Eley Davis. She was a 1942 graduate of Petersburg High School. Mrs. Ellis retired after 29 years of service with First and Merchants National Bank, now Bank of America, in Colonial Heights, VA. She was a member of North Trident Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Arthur L. Ellis, Sr. of Ladson; her son, Arthur L. Ellis, Jr. and his wife, Wanda McNair Ellis of Summerville; her grandsons, Joshua Leigh Ellis and Justin Matthew Ellis both of Summerville; and her brother, J. Bolling (Bo) Davis, Jr. of Charlotte, NC. Arrangements by PARKS FUNERAL HOME, 130 West 1st North Street, Summerville, SC 29483. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/ deaths