September Music
September 7, 2007Shawn Norman, Jr.
September 11, 2007
(Posted September 10, 2007)
James “Bosie” Ellis Jr., 83, a native of Iberville, La., and resident of Thibodaux, La., died Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
He is survived by five sons, David Parker, James Parker, Joseph Ellis, Craig Ellis, and Jason Ellis; five daughters, Denise Parker, Kim Ellis and her husband Darnell, Phyllis Ellis, Rose Washington and her husband Richard, and Sadie Smith; one sister, Florence Ellis; two brothers, Lawrence Ellis and Archie Ellis; 29 grandchildren; and 41 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois P. Ellis; his parents, James and Martile Ellis, Sr.; two sons, Marvin Parker and Terrance P. Ellis; four brothers, Wilbert, Ernest, Edgar and Edward Ellis; one sister, Ophelia Daniels; and his grandparents, Isaac and Rose Ellis and William and Amelia Laraux.
James was a devout Baptist and he loved to fishing.
He is buried in Moses Baptist Church Cemetery in Thibodaux.
