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Theodore F. Ellison


Theodore F. Ellison

Theodore “Teddy” Freeman Ellison, 83, of Brackettville died on Dec. 11, 2022, at Amistad Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. 

He was born on June 20, 1939, in El Reno, Oklahoma, to Frances Adams and Clyde Gilford Ellison. He married Carolyn Dianne Smith Oct. 23, 1974, in Marshall at city hall.

He worked for Central Freight Lines as a line driver for 28 years. He retired in 2009 as maintenance supervisor at Calvary Church of the Nazarene in Cordova, Tennessee. Then, he moved to Brackettville to be with his grandchildren.     

He is survived by his wife, of Brackettville; two sons, Jerold Ellison of Arkansas and Everett Don Ellison of Scroggins; daughter, Julie Creel and husband, Ricky, of Brackettville; two brothers, Joseph Wayne Ellison and Clyde Gilford Ellison Jr., both of Oklahoma; sister, Ruby June Cox of Missouri; four grandchildren, Jeremy C. Ellison of Tennessee, and Kymberlie D. Earwood, Travis L. Earwood, Kristopher L. Creel, and Kamron L. Creel, all of Brackettville. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Thomas Ray Ellison.

Cremation is under the direction of Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home.

Hillcrest Memorial, www.hillcrestmemorialfuneralhome.com