Funeral Homes in Ellisville, MS

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• Some of the notable people born here have been: (harry craft), (jason simpson), (buddy myer), (damon mason), and (jeremiah price).

Ellisville is a city in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,448 at the time of the 2010 census.

Ellisville Obituaries

It was disclosed on April 29th, 2019 that Peter Sumrall Poole perished in Ellisville, Mississippi.  Poole was 38 years old and was born in Memphis, TN.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Peter Sumrall's life.

It was reported by Orlando Sentinel on June 25th, 2017 that Albert Lanier "Buck" Lewis passed away in Leesburg, Florida.  Lewis was 94 years old and was born in Ellisville, MS.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Albert Lanier "Buck"'s life.

It was reported on September 1st, 2016 that Jerlene B Bridges (Blanchard) passed away in Ellisville, Mississippi.  Ms. Bridges was 82 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Jerlene B's life.

It was reported by The Sun Herald on July 7th, 2016 that Christian Elizabeth Meadows passed away in Ellisville, Mississippi.  Meadows was 53 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Christian Elizabeth's life.

It was reported by Tri-City Herald on May 22nd, 2016 that Richard Leland Nelson perished in Kennewick, Washington.  Nelson was 70 years old and was born in Ellisville, MS.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Richard Leland's life.

It was written by The Sun Herald on April 22nd, 2016 that Betty Polite (Slay) died in Ellisville, Mississippi.  Ms. Polite was 88 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Betty's life.

It was disclosed on May 29th, 2014 that Kenneth Michael Clark perished in Ellisville, Mississippi.  Clark was 54 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Kenneth Michael's life.

It was reported by Hattiesburg American on May 20th, 2014 that Clinton Ray Butler perished in Ellisville, Mississippi.  Butler was 38 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Clinton Ray's life.

It was noted by The Sun Herald on May 9th, 2014 that Fannie Lee Wells passed on in Ellisville, Mississippi.  Wells was 88 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Fannie Lee's life.

It was noted by The Sun Herald on April 9th, 2014 that Emily Lauren Ishee passed away in Ellisville, Mississippi.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Emily Lauren's life.

History

Irregulars formed the Knight Company and were led by Captain Newt Knight, First Lieutenant Jasper Collins, and Second Lieutenant William Wesley Sumrall. During the American Civil War, Ellisville and Jones County was a center of pro-Union resistance. Referenced in Ken Burns' monumental documentary The Civil War (documentary) Civil War; Knight's rebellion was also dramatized in the 1948 motion picture Tap Roots (based on the book of the same name), where in a few exterior scenes there are prominent mountains in the background - which do not exist in Mississippi. Though there were many anti-secession movements and actions throughout the Confederate States of America the "Free and Sovereign State of Jones" (or sometimes "Kingdom of Jones") had from the very beginning posed the most serious and persistent threat, and even went as far as drafting its own constitution. Ellisville was the major commercial and population center of Jones County, Mississippi County until being supplanted by nearby Laurel, Mississippi in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.