Kenneth Ellison

Kenneth "Buster" Ellison, 84, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri.

He was born May 20, 1937, near Essex, Missouri, to the late Luther and Alta Cavins Ellison. On Sept. 19, 1959, in Sikeston, Missouri, he married Marvine Brice Ellison, who survives of the home in Sikeston.

He was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church in Sikeston. He retired from Pipefitters Local 562. He was an avid fisherman.

In addition to his wife of 61 years, he is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Ken (Linda) Ellison of Crawford, Georgia, and Mike (Lisa) Ellison of Scott City; one brother and sister-in-law, Jim (Linda) Ellison of Sikeston; one sister and brother-in-law, Wanda (Bob) Laseter of Sikeston; six grandchildren, Cory Ellison, Ashley Robinette, Stephen Ellison, Seth Miller, Mandy Phillips and Grant Ellison; and 11 great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Bill Ellison, and one sister, Brenda Mitchell.

Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until time of funeral service at 1 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, with Brother Joe McCullough, pastor at Murray Lane Baptist Church in Sikeston, officiating. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.

Online condolences may be shared at www.nunneleefuneralchapel.com.