Mrs. Francine Joyce Ellis

Jeffcoat Funeral Home 255 Friendship Road Tallassee, AL 36078 Tel (334) 283-6801 Mrs. Francine Joyce “Granny” Ellis, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at the age of 80. Funeral services will be Friday, June 14, 2013, at 11:00am from Riverside Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Oliver, Rev. Ray Weaver, and Steve Schmitt officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Valley Station Cemetery, with Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Ellis is survived by her son, Robert Ellis; sister, Gloria Lowery; grandchildren, Jamie Ellis (Diane), Brandy Ellis Alexander (Scott), Robbie Ellis (Blakely), Amanda Ellis DeVaughn (Dusty), Dawn Ellis, Jeffrey Ellis (Janna) and Justin Ellis (Daire); fourteen great grandchildren and two nephews. Mrs. Ellis is preceded in death by her husband, Fred Ellis; son, Larry Ellis; parents, D.D. and Mary Parker; brothers, Jimmy Parker and Charles Parker. Granny loved Tallassee Baseball and loved to follow all her boys from Dixie Youth all the way through to the 1998 State Championship. Special thanks to her caregivers, Gloria Lowery and Trish Floyd, and to Lake Martin Hospice. The family will receive friends Friday, June 14, 2013, from 9:30am until service time at Riverside Heights Baptist Church. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama