Dennis Machiel Ellis Tribute

Dennis was born on June 18th, 1948 in Scott County Tn to Odie Fred Ellis and Margie Martin Ellis. Dennis became the father of 5 children; Kim, David, Tim, Jody, and Marty.......But to his kids, he was just called DAD. And a wonderful Dad he was. To his grandkids he went by many names depending on their ages and how well they could speak. He went by Grandpa, to some he was Papaw.....but I personally think that his favorite name was Papaw D. He was an affectionate and loving Dad and Papaw. He was never selfish, never mean, and always happy to see and hear from all of his babies. He was not a formal man. He loved without expectation or regret. He just loved. He was generous to a fault. The man that you saw in public was the same man his family saw in private. He was fun to be with and was seldom without a smile. For Dennis family was his whole life, and his whole life was his family. Never has there ever been a brother who loved his brothers and sisters so much. Dennis would do anything for any of them. He would protect them, see to their needs if he could and he encouraged them to be the best they could be. They were the reason he got up in the morning, and they were the reasons he both smiled and secretely worried. He wanted all of his brothers and sisters to be happy and to know that they were loved. He was the guy in the family that you looked forward to seeing at the family reunions, cuz you knew he was gonna be up to something. This is a place for his family to come and tell those great stories....after all you know that he plotted from year to year what tricks he was going to play on you. I know that if anyone could get to heaven, this man is there. This generous, loving, and compassionate man must have crowns beyond measure. Just know that he loved all of you. Use this site as often as you wish. Leave comments, pictures, or just come visit his memory here. I will try to get as many pictures up for you as I can. If you have pictures and would like them up, but don't know how to put them on, let us know. Together we can figure it out. And most importantly...... Dennis loved all of his family. Feel free to upload pictures of all the Ellis and Martin family. Not just pictures of him. He loved seeing all of you. It is our hope that we can have some of of his entire family on here for you to see when you come visit.....I know that is what he would want. That is the reason he looked forward to those family reunions so much! He just wanted all of you to be together.   : ]