Marco LaGene Ellis, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 while working in Florida following a fatal asthma attack.

Services will be 10:00 am Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Axtell Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm Friday, July 6, 2018 at the funeral home.

Marco was born December 8, 1978 in Temple, Texas to Earl Jay Sr. and Martha Lou (Turpin) Ellis.

He attended Moody High School and was a truck driver for Salem Carriers for several years. Marco loved to dance but his greatest joy was spending time with his children.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his grandparents, James and Lillie Turpin and Roy and Hazel Ellis; his sister, Kassandra Ellis Bragg; and his brother, Gary Ellis.

Survivors include his daughter, Cheyenne Brittany King of Axtell; his sons, Jacob Logan Ellis of Belton, Tristan Lane Lee of Axtell and Aidan Nathaniel Lee of Axtell; the mother of his children, Dede Lee of Axtell; his step-mother, Betty K. Ellis; his brothers, Earl Jay Ellis Jr. and wife, Emily, Rory Glenn Ellis and wife, Minnie and James Wayne Pitts Jr.; his sisters, Dawn Armstreet Johnson and Vicky Jay Olson; and many nieces and nephews.

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