Patricia Ann Pendley Ellis, 56, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
Funeral services will be held at 4 P.M., Friday, August 10 at First Baptist Church of Fitzgerald with the Rev. Dr. Mike Ruffin officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9:30 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Ellis was born September 5, 1955 in Worth County, Georgia to the late T.G. Pendley, Sr. and Joanne Fleming Pendley. She was a 1973 graduate of Worth County High School where she was a majorette and a 1975 graduate of ABAC. She and Mike moved to Fitzgerald in 1975 as a newly wed couple. She was a former employee of Dr. Wayne Maris and Bank of Fitzgerald. Mrs. Ellis was employed with Dorminy Medical Center for 28 years working as Administrative Assistant to the Director of Nursing, and in the HIM Department (medical records). She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Agape Reach Sunday school class and she was an avid lover of flowers, particularly day lilies. Mrs. Ellis was an avid supporter of Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane wrestling and football.
She is survived by her husband: Mike Ellis of Fitzgerald; two daughters and sons-in-law: Erica & Wes Ehlers of Tifton and Erin & Grant Eckles of Hawkinsville; one grandson: Ellis Eckles of Hawkinsville; sister: Cynthia & Jack Knight of Sylvester; and a brother: Tommy & Sheri Pendley all of Sylvester; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests those desiring to send memorials may send them to National Multiple Sclerosis Society Georgia Chapter, 455 Abernathy Rd., NE, Suite #210, Atlanta, Georgia 30328 or to the American Cancer Society, Ben Hill County Relay for Life, % Marci Cleghorn, 599 Ten Mile Rd., Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750.