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"SHOCKING DEATH CLOSES USEFUL LIFE OF PROF. ELLIS.
"Friends all over Barren county were profoundly shocked when the
news went out that Prof. James William Ellis had met a tragic, untimely
and shocking death beneath the wheel of a truck last Friday evening at
6:30 o'clock a few miles below Lucas on the South Jackson Highway,
twelve miles from Glasgow.
"From what seems authoritive information Prof. Ellis, who was
principal of Austin-Tracy High School, had accompanied his basketball
team to Finney, where he formerly taught, for a contest. They were
returning home when near the Robert Kerly property Prof. Ellis, riding
on the running board of the truck, in attempting to retrieve his hat
whaich seemed eminent of being blown off, lost his balance and fell
under the rear wheel of the truck. He arose to his feet and stated that
he did not believe he was badly injured, but in a few moments collapsed.
He was placed in a car and rushed to the hospital here where he lived
almost an hour before passing away, death resulting from internal
injuries.
"Besides being an educator above the average and eminently
successful in his chosen profession, he was an ordained Baptist
minister, and was held in the highest regard by all who knew him. His
Christian character and high ideals of life made his services desirable
for schoolwork and his untimely death is a distinct loss to the school
work of the county.
"Mr. Ellis is survived by his wife, who was Miss Jeppa Jones, and
five children: Clarence, Etta, Harry, James, Acton and Jeppa. He is also
survived by four brother{s}, Messrs. L. C. Ellis of Glasgow; Lee and
Dewey Ellis of Berlin, N.M.; Curtis Ellis of Gary, Ind., one
half-sister, Mrs. Celeste Smith, Finney; five half-brothers, Jesse Ellis
of Akron, O; Chris, Woodwin, Eugene and Wilbur Ellis of Bruce; and his
step-mother, Mrs. W. G. Ellis of Bruce.
"Funeral services were held at the Baptist church here Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. Joseph A. Gaines, and was
attended by sorrowing friends and pupils from all over the county, and
the burial was in the Glasgow cemetery."
Glasgow Municipal Cemetery
James W. Ellis
23 July 1895 - 14 Sept 1934
Unknown Glasgow KY newspaper, found in fiels of the late Eva Coe
Peden.
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