Courtrous Ellis
Posted: April 3, 2009
ARTESIA — Courtrous Gabrielle Ellis, 20, died March 25, 2009, in Starkville. Services are Saturday at 2 p.m. at Truevine MB Church in Starkville with the Rev. Gregory Mostella officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation is today from noon-6 p.m. at Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus. Ms. Ellis was born June 21, 1988, in Oktibbeha County. She was a 2008 graduate of West Lowndes High School. She was a member of ROTC and Truevine MB Church, where she served on the Usher Board and in the youth choir. She was preceded in death by her father, Eli Elsie Bankhead; and grandfather, Elbert Ellis Sr. She is survived by her mother, Juanita Ellis of Artesia; sisters, Roxanne, Shatera, Drucillia and Alexis Ellis, and Dyquesha Bankhead, all of Artesia; brothers, Dontavious Ellis and Marquil Sherrod of Artesia; and grandparents, Geneva Rice of Artesia, Mildred Ross of Columbus and B.J. Bankhead of Starkville.