Funeral services for Tommie Joyce Ellis, age 84, of May, will be held at 2:30 PM, Saturday, October 29, 2016 in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel.  Burial will follow in the May Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6-7 PM.

Tommie Joyce McGregor was born in Haskell on March 12, 1932 to Thomas and Mattie Mae McGregor.  She married Virgil Ellis on January 26, 1932 in Merkel.  Tommie worked for Paymaster Feed for many years.  She and Virgil ran cattle for a several in their retirement.  Tommie was known as “The Cookbook Lady’ in May for her large collection of cookbooks.

Tommie is survived by her three children, Dubbs Ellis of Palestine, Butch Ellis of May and Debra Gordon and husband John of Lepanto, Arkansas; six grandchildren, Jefferey Brooks, Leigh Ann Young, Rebecca Ellis, Chris Ellis, Chad Ellis and Kenneth Ellis and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 63 years, Virgil Ellis in 2015.