Funeral services for Dr. Michael Ellis will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Marshall, Texas. Entombment will follow at Colonial Gardens Cemetery. There will be a visitation from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, April 12th at the Downs Funeral Home.

Dr. Michael Ellis was born and raised in Marshall, Texas to Sam Saba Ellis and Jameelie Assaf Ellis. He attended and graduated from Marshall schools. Attended and graduated from Centenary College of Louisiana, where he was quite an active member in the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He attended and graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1960 with a Doctor of Medicine degree and later completed residency in pathology at Confederate Memorial Hospital (LSU-S) in Shreveport, Louisiana. He practiced in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and

LSU-Shreveport until he moved to Bossier City where he owned and directed The LAB at Bossier City General Hospital until he retired. For many years he taught Pathology at LSU-Shreveport Medical School.  He served as coroner for Bossier Parish, LA. for six years. He was a member of St. George Episcopal church in Bossier City and Trinity Episcopal Church in Marshall where he was a quite active as a Lay Reader in both churches. Mike was initiated in the Order of the DeMolay at age sixteen years and his Big Brother, Bill Palmer, prepared him for the lifelong values of civic awareness, personal responsibility, and leadership. He is a 32º Mason, and a sixty year member of the Marshall Masonic lodge #22.

Mike Married Margaret Murphy in 1989.

Mike was a kind and joyful man, beloved by all who knew him. His constant smile lit up a room and his sincere interest in his friends, family and acquaintances made him truly welcome everywhere. His smile and laughter will live on in the memories of those who knew him.

He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret, his parents, his brother Dr. George S. Ellis Sr. and sister-in-law, Lorraine Haik Ellis; his sister Georgette Mary Ellis and nephew Robert George Ellis MD.

Dr. Ellis is survived by a special nephew George Jamil Assaf and his wife Sonia, a nephew George S Ellis, Jr MD and spouse Kelley Hunter Ellis of New Orleans, niece Joan Lorraine Ellis Green and spouse David Henderson Green of Nashville, TN; Darcy Earl Ellis, widow of nephew Robert George Ellis. Great nieces and nephews who loved him dearly include Richard George Ellis and spouse Adrienne McCall Ellis; William Jamil Assaf, Lena Georgette Assaf; Jane Reeves Joumonville Ellis Samaha and spouse Michael John Samaha; Katherine Kelley Hunter Chenier and spouse Jeffery Steven Chenier; Lara Nicole Assaf-Matthews and spouse Matt; Christopher Patrick Hunter, Jr and spouse Melissa Cotton Hunter; Kevin Sawyer Green; Michelle Lorraine Green; Mitchell George Assaf; Robert Ellis Green and two great great nephews Robert Richard Ellis and Christopher Patrick Hunter lll.