Donna Fay Ellis

Donna Fay Ellis obituary, Guthrie, KY

Donna Fay Ellis

Donna Ellis Obituary

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Mrs. Donna Fay Bratton Ellis, age 72 of Adams, TN passed away at 7:43 a.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at her residence. Services will be Monday January 19, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Tiny Town Baptist Church, with Rev. Mike Dukes and Rev. Stan Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the Highland Cemetery in Guthrie, KY. Visitation will be Monday January 19, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. until the funeral hour at 1:00 p.m. at Tiny Town Baptist Church.

Mrs. Donna was born in Clarksville, TN on August 6, 1953. She was a homemaker and a member of Tiny Town Baptist Church where she was the children's leader and Sunday school teacher. She is preceded in death by her parents Lester Ray Bratton and Evelyn Louise Sayle Bratton, and her brother Guy Bratton.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years Mike Ellis of Adams, TN, her sons Steve Ellis and his wife Deborah of Guthrie, KY and Scott Ellis and his wife Burgundie of Cuningham, TN, her daughter Stacie Ellis-Maultsby of Watauga, TX her brother Wendell Bratton of Clarksville,TN, her grandchildren Garrett, Sam, Huey, Teagan and husband John Michael, Nate, Anna, J.D., John and Emma.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Tiny Town Baptist Church, P.O. Box 484, Guthrie, KY 42234 or cancer research organization of your choice.
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