Barry Glen Ellis was born to the parentage of Alma Louise Ellis and
Barry Hatley on August 19, 1961, in McKinney Texas. Barry embraced life,
his family and friends with a warm heart and sincere spirit. He received his
formal education in the McKinney Independent School District, graduating
from the original McKinney High School in the Class of 1981. He accepted
the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal savior early in his youth, at the St.
Mark Missionary Baptist Church. He was taught to always trust God in
everything. Barry's spirit of generosity blessed strangers, as well as
friends.

Barry departed this life on Monday, May 6, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. He was
proceeded in death by his parents: Alma Ellis Pearson and Barry Hatley,
grandparents: Oscar Sr. and Myrtle Ellis, Jerome and Louise Sneed, son:
Ernesto Ellis, daughter: Monique Ellis, brother: Timothy Pearson, uncle:
Oscar Ellis, Jr., and aunt: Brenda Valentine.

He leaves to cherish his memories: his children: Chudney Tennison
(James), Kilgore, TX, Tiffany Releford, Arlington, TX, grandchildren: Drake
Ellis, Jayden Releford, Arlington, TX, Jabria Jones and Traemon Hart,
Kilgore, TX, his brother: James Ellis (Avis), Allen, TX, sisters: Sylvia Devers
(Michael), Richardson, TX, Sherry Kings (James), Frisco, TX, Gwendolyn
Pearson, Allen, TX, Juanita Wilson (Joseph), Plano, TX; his sister/cousin
Deborah Newsome, Princeton, TX, his best friend and brother of 51-years
Sherman Shaw (Shelia), uncles: Norman Ellis, Gerald Ellis, aunts: Evelyn
Ellis, Rose Ellis, Peggy Johnson, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins
and other relatives and many friends.