Richard Clement "Dickie" Ellis

Richard Clement "Dickey" Ellis Age 76 Years of Kortwright Street, 
Matthew Town Inagua, The Bahamas, was called into eternity on Saturday, August 01, 1998.

Dickey was born at South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday, January 31, 1922. 
He received his early education at C. D. Powell All Age School and was trained in carpentry 
by his uncle Gustavous Ellis. As a young man, Richard migrated to Inagua, Bahamas to find 
employment and accepted a position with Erickson Salt Company, now Morton Bahamas Limited 
on the carpentry staff and after several promotions, became manager of the stock room, 
a position he held until he retired on Saturday, January 31, 1987.

It was at Inagua where he fell in love and married Mary also of South Caicos. In South Caicos, 
Richard was a dedicated Methodist, a member of the Boys Brigade under the leadership of 
Fr. Hugh Sherlock, a member of Phoenix Lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows 
and a member of the south Caicos Cricket Club. He was an excellent guitar player and a master of the trumpet.

Richard continued his civic involvement in Inagua, where he became a founding member of 
the Inagua Methodist Church, a local preacher, treasure, class leader and congregational steward, 
captain of the Boys Brigade, member of the Turks Island Benevolent and Savings Association, 
leader of the Inagua Brass Band and a member of the Kiwanis Club of Inagua.

Although he served all these organizations with distinction, he was deeply 
committed to his Church and the Boys Brigade. Richard was honoured this year, 
by the Bahamas Government for outstanding service to the youth of the country.

Richard is preceded in death by his:
Father: Hilgrove Ellis;
Mother: Maria Colson;
Brother: Waite Adolphus Ellis;
Uncle: Gustavous Ellis;
Nephew: Dwayne Bernard Tyrone Strachan;

The Radiance of this "Garnet of A Gem" will always glow in the hearts of his:
Son: Dale Ellis Sr.;
Three Adopted Sons: Charles and George Lightbourn and McDonald Ellis;
Two Daughters: Dorothy Smith and Marsha Deveaux;
Twelve Grand Children: Terrence, Feodor and Nykia Smith, Valentino, Quetell, 
Bernard and Menesha Deveaux, Isheka, Cheniqueka, Dale Jr., Otressa and Charles Ellis;
Ten: Adopted Grand Children;
Four Great Grand Children: Tenesha and Leasha Deveaux, Kevonya Ellis and Amier Smith;
Two Brothers: Frank "Count Bernadino" of Nassau and Lemand Ellis of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Four Sisters: Ruby Seymour, Inez Tucker, Iris Stubbs and Alvesa Glinton of South Caicos;
Two Sons-in-law: Donald Smith and William Deveaux;
One Daughter-in-law: Peggy Ellis;
Numerous Nephews and Nieces Including: Violet Styles of New Jersey, Iris Seaton of Miami, 
Leila Robinson of Grand Turk, Edward of Miami, Dorothy and Doreen Seymour, Sylvia Turnquest, 
Gwen Bain, Marilyn of Turks Island and Carolie Grant, Barbara Lockhart, Edith Burns, Norman, 
Bert, Susan and Kathleen Saunders, Annie Adams, Edith Moore, Bruce, Willis and Gladys Jennings, 
Jacqueline Clare, Lillian Basden, Georgina Palacious, Cecelia Boyce, James "Bobby" Fulford, Basil, 
Vernon and John E. Ellis, Daniel and Richard "Dickie:" Stubbs.
One Sister-in-law: Violet Ellis;
Four God Children: Fletta Neymour, Barbara Fox, Jenny Ellis-Rolle and Kay Mills;
Other loving family and friends including: James and Dawson Bain, Felix and Isadora Grant, 
Randolph Turnquest, Eugene Burns, Colin and Dorothy Ingraham, Sheddie and Neville Cox, 
Edward of South Caicos and Kervin Hanchell, Melanie Bodie, Kevin Kelly, Henry McIntosh, 
Wellington and Quinton Ellis, Cecil Fawkes, George and Olive Seymour, Oswald Malcolm, Darius Higgs, 
Thomas Wilson, Joe Lewis, Walter and Elaine Ewing, Matthew Rolle, Latish Smith, Carl Farquharson, 
Ted and Lloyd Quant, Yvette and Gaynelle Hanna, Daphanie Simmons, Hon. Vernon Symonette, 
Archdeacon James Palacious, Rev. Charles A. Sweeting, Fr. Rodney Burrows, Girleen Glinton, Jean Williams, 
Pastor Rocklyn Babbs, Rev. Carla Culmer, 3rd Bahamas Company of the Boys Brigade, 
3454 Grand Untied Order of Odd Fellows and the entire Community of Inagua.