James Louis Ellington

James Ellington

Funeral services for Mr. James Louis (Chick) Ellington, of Dublin, will be held on Monday, November 9, 2015, at 11 AM at the Second African Baptist Church, 800 North Decatur Street, Dublin. Reverend Korie Baker will officiate. Interment will follow in the Dudley Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Ellington, was born on May 16, 1926, and departed this life on November 5, 2015. He was joined in holy matrimony with Lydia Ellington on August 17, 1948, and to this union, eight children were born.

Mr. Ellington was a loving kind and humble man who never met a stranger. He loved his family wholeheartedly and would go to the end of the world for them. He was a friend to many. He was a World War II veteran and was employed at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin for 38 years, and also worked at the Elks Lodge for 54 years. Mr. Ellington enjoyed farming, planting vegetables, attending the Georgia-Florida game, fishing, playing checkers with his brother, story telling and spending time with his family and friends. James Ellington enjoyed a long and fruitful life.

Survivors include his wife, his children, Bernadene Ellington of Atlanta, Glennys (Lynn) Ellington, Ricky Ellington, Zachary (Margie) Ellington of Seattle, Washington, Lydia Margo Ellington of Greenville, South Carolina, Tracy (Annette) Ellington of Augusta, Tammy "Prep" Ellington of Greenville, South Carolina, Britt Ellington of Atlanta, and his brother, Eli Ellington, and Wilhemia Coneway of East Dublin, and a host of grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

The family is receiving friends at 112 Goler Avenue, Dublin.

Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin
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