- Date Of Birth: February 14, 1931
- Date Of Death: February 15, 2022
- State: Georgia
Ruby LeVaughn Smith Ellis, age 91, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was a native of Statesboro and moved to the Hopeulikit Community after her marriage to her husband, Lannie Ellis. LeVaughn and Lannie were co-owners of Ellis Meat Market, initially establishing their business in the Hopeulikit Community in 1967, and then relocating the business to Statesboro in 1989.
LeVaughn is preceded in death by her husband, of 65 years, James Lannie Ellis; sons, James Kenneth Ellis and infant son, Rodney Ellis; son- in-law, Stan Ballew; her parents, Dewey and Alma Olliff Smith; sisters, Faye Hagin and Ann Elizabeth Cook; and a brother, Andrew Dewy Smith, Jr.
She is survived by her daughters, Angela Edenfield (Joe) and Pamela Ballew; son, Lannie Kimball Ellis (Shirl); grandchildren, Lannette Skrine (Scott), Hannah Deal (Tracy), Kenneth Kyle Ellis, Kaitlyn Ellis (Josh), Meredith Edenfield Bridges (Charlie), Joie Edenfield Roach (John), Mary Walker Ballew Gurz (Mike), Mark Ballew (Kaycee), Austin Ballew, Sarah LeVaughn Ballew Daugherty (Ryan), Megan Ellis and Amanda Ellis Johnson (Chris).
Also, LeVaughn is survived by her great grandchildren, JT Skrine (Shelley), Laina Jordan (Zane), Jimilyn Skrine, Alexis Cone Lee (Eason), Makayla and Colton Cone, Rho and Ellis Bridges, Anderson Leigh, John Brunson (JB) and Carolyn Eubanks (Banks) Roach, Alexis and Elijah Gurz, EllaNora and Aurora Riot and Max Ballew; great-great grandchildren, Everly and Jasper Skrine, Asher and Ryder Lee and Mary Catherine Jordon; brother-in-law, Charles Ellis; a host of nieces and nephews; and very special family members, Patricia Ann Jenkins and Debra Smart.
