Class of 1946
1946 Maroon Spotlight
Harold Ellis
Wrestling ’42-’46; F.F.A. ’42-’46; F.F.A. Secretary ’44-’46; Student Council ’42-’43; Teen Town Council ’44-’45.
1946 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Harold Ellis is the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ellis of route 2, Perry. Born May 12, 1928, in Enid, he attended Happy Hill rural grade school.
He belongs to the high school’s F.F.A. chapter and was a member of the student council in 1941-42. Last year he served on the Teen-Town council and from 1943 to 1945 he was secretary of the Future Farmers of America. Wrestling has been his principal athletic interest.
If not inducted this summer he will work in the oil fields. Next fall Ellis hopes to attend college.
Harold Duane Ellis
May 12, 1928 – January 1, 2008
Harold D. Ellis, 79, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Joe Claude and Bessie Bertha Brigham Ellis. He was born on May 12, 1928, in Enid, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at the Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry.
Harold was a 1946 graduate of Perry High School. On May 26, 1950, Harold married Erma Carol Jerome in Perry, Oklahoma.
He was a member of the Lucien United Methodist Church. He enjoyed fishing and farming and his first love the oil field.
Harold is survived by his wife, Erma Ellis of the home; four sons, Jim Ellis and his wife, Teresa, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Marty Ellis and his wife, Ruth, of Edmond, Oklahoma, Leon Ellis and his wife, Treasa, of Katy, Texas and Don Ellis and his wife, Kandy, of Valley Center, Kansas; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 4, 2008, in the Brown-Dugger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Dane Lemmons will officiate. Interment will be in Grace Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lucien United Methodist Church.