Nell Ellis Hartness, age 91, passed away on July 8, 2015 at Dugan Memorial Nursing Home in West Point, Mississippi. She was a retired homemaker, a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church USA in Starkville, MS, a faithful member of the Bible study of the First Presbyterian Church, EPC, in West Point, MS, and a member of the Oktoc Garden Club, Starkville, MS.

Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, August 13 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church USA in Starkville, with the funeral service following at 3:00. Burial will be in the Oddfellows Cemetery in Starkville.

Mrs. Hartness is survived by: 4 children, Rebecca Ruth Hartness Ferrell and husband, Kenneth of West Point, Homer Wayne Hartness of Theodore, Alabama, Barbara Lynn Hartness Dennehey and husband, Patrick of Newport News, Virginia, and Jeffery Clark Hartness of Starkville; sister, Margaret Exyah Ellis Swain, Elsie Ray Daughtery, and Mollie Anne Ellis Echols; brother, M.C. Ellis; 7 grandchildren, Stacy Lynn Shaw, Robert Lewis Shaw, Jr., Dawn Ferrell Allen, Kendra Ferrell Goff, Cecil Hartness Ferrell, Benjamin Colin Ferrell, Thomas Wayne Hartness, and Joshua Hartness; seven great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren, along with numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin Calloway Ellis and Bettie Ruth Thompson Ellis; husband, Homer Billups Hartness; daughter, Hazel Hope Hartness Shaw; sister, Jacqueline (Jackie) Mae Ellis; brother, James (Jimmy) Thompson Ellis, and daughter-in-law, Debbie Hartness.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Palmer Home, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39703 or Women of the Church Scholarship Fund, First Presbyterian Church USA, 307 University Drive, Starkville, MS 39759.